Turkey denies PKK leader meeting report, says leak aims to ‘sabotage’ peace process

Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT Haber has rejected as “pure fiction” a reported transcript of a meeting with jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan on the prison island of İmralı. Citing unnamed “security sources,” TRT said late Tuesday that the alleged conversation, along with the topics and names mentioned in the document, do not reflect reality. The sources added that the purpose of the leak is to “sabotage” the ongoing peace process. The denial comes amid heightened speculation over a possible new initiative to end the decades-long conflict between the Turkish state and Kurdish militants. No further details about the disputed document were provided.