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Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the PKK, made his first public appearance in over twenty years through a video message, urging his supporters to lay down their arms ahead of an upcoming disarmament ceremony in Northern Iraq, which could pave the way for renewed peace negotiations with the Turkish government. This call comes after four decades of armed conflict resulting in over 40,000 deaths, and Öcalan has been imprisoned since 1999.