Three German hostages, who have been released by the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in eastern Turkey, arrived in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Monday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
German Ambassador to Turkey Eckart Kuntz welcomed the three mountaineers at Ankara's Esenboga Airport and expressed his pleasure over their release, according to the report.
Kuntz said he was glad that Turkey and Germany enjoy sound friendly ties and cooperation.
On July 8, PKK members kidnapped the three German mountaineers during a raid on a camp at a height of 3,200 meters of altitude on Mount Agri in eastern Turkey.
The PKK, listed by the United States and Turkey as a terrorist group, took up arms against Turkey in 1984 with the aim of creating an ethnic homeland in the southeast. About 40,000 people have been killed in the over-two-decade conflict.
Source:Xinhua
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