In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul, Ocalan said the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) should hold a congress and formally agree to disband.
Jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan has called on his militant group to disarm as part of a fresh bid to end a decades-long conflict with the Turkish state.
Ocalan told members to "lay their arms" and said the PKK "must dissolve itself", according to a message relayed by pro-Kurdish politicians who visited him on Thursday.
As part of the deal, Ocalan could be granted parole if the PKK were to renounce violence and disband.
Ocalan, 75, continues to have significant influence over the PKK, despite having been imprisoned in 1999 after he was convicted of treason.
