Ocalan presented his proposals to end a decade of conflict that has killed 13,000 people in a letter to world leaders at the weekend.
"If the other side is ready, let us immediately stop the war," Ocalan said in the strongest indication yet that the elusive Marxist-Leninist leader is prepared to forego his deadly guerrilla campaign.
But Prime Minister Tansu Ciller, a hardliner on the Kurdish issue, told reporters she was not prepared to negotiate.
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