ANKARA The government and opposition parties have largely welcomed a call from jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan for the terror group to lay down arms and dissolve itself. "If PKK lays down its weapons, Türkiye will be freed from its shackles," ruling Justice and Development Party ( AKP ) deputy leader Efkan Ala said in a televised interview with A Haber on Feb. 27. Ala credited President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's counterterrorism policies for garnering international recognition. "He has