Turkey's PKK Vows 'Halt to Action' If Not Attacked Anymore

Outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) will refrain from any violent action in Turkey if no attacks are carried out against it, according to Saturday declaration.

The development comes hours against a deady attack in Turkey's capital Ankara which left scores dead and over 120 injured.

The so-called Group of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK), a Communalist-style body founded by the PKK, has released a statement quoted by AFN News and reading that: "During this [truce] process, our guerrilla forces will avoid conducting planned actions, will be engaged in no activities apart from maintaining its current position, and make no attempts to hinder or harm the exercise of a fair and equal election."

Calling for a ceasefire with the Turkish forces, the KCK says the step will contribute to elections being realized in a healthy environment.

"The revolutionist and democratic forces of Turkey, and all those bearing responsibility towards the peoples of Turkey must see that our attitude entirely serves Turkey's democratization, peace and stability. It will not be possible to achieve a lasting peace and stability in Turkey unless all the major problems in the country, the Kurdish question in the first place, are resolved," the statement goes on further.