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Turkey's pro-Kurdish party urges rebel group to declare cease-fire.

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| September 11, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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Byline: SELCAN HACAOGLU

Turkey's pro-Kurdish political party on Monday called on the country's main Kurdish rebel group to declare a new cease-fire.

Ahmet Turk, chairman of the Democratic Society Movement, said his party hoped the autonomy-seeking Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, would respond positively to the call, which he said was aimed at giving peace "a new chance."

Turkey, experiencing a surge of rebel violence, has been seeking U.S. support in cracking down on the guerrillas.

Last year, the guerrilla group heeded a similar call from the pro-Kurdish party, but the rebels ended their unilateral truce…

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