Turkey’s parliament opens debate on a pardon-like bill for thousands of PKK militants

Turkey's parliament is set to debate a draft bill that would grant conditional amnesty and rehabilitation to thousands of PKK members, suspending some prison sentences and postponing investigations for up to ten years. The legislation only takes effect after Turkey’s National Security Council confirms that the group has disbanded and surrendered all weapons. Abdullah Ocalan and those sentenced to life terms before 2005 are specifically excluded from the bill’s provisions.