As the year 1394 dawned in parts of the world, the leader of the PKK Kurdistan Workers Party called for peace in Turkey.<br /><br /> In prison in Imrali since 1999, Abdullah Ocalan had his new year message read out by politicians in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, in Turkey’s south east.<br /><br /> He used the address to push the PKK to hold a congress to end a long-running armed struggle against Turkish government forces. For three decades, the militant group has fought for greater autonomy and cultural rights for an estimated 15 million Turkish Kurds.<br /><br /> #BREAKING Öcalan calls for PKK talks to end four-decade armed struggle #Turkey http://t.co/dSu2wdSd6X pic.twitter.com/QA8oDLOnw3— Today’s Zaman (@todayszamancom) March 21, 2015<br /><br /> The militant group declared a ceasefire in the country in 2013, although bouts of violence still occur. Turkey, the US and the EU consider the PKK a terror organisation.<br /><br /> In the lead up to the speech, prominent Turkish figures and local residents alike expressed hope it
