Turkish lawmakers on Monday voted through a bill offering limited amnesty for Kurdish PKK militants, a key step in the peace process that seeks to end decades of deadly violence. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. But those involved in serious crimes such as murder would be excluded – with the text making no mention of Ocalan. Following the vote, Yilmaz hailed the new law as a "historic step", saying "the 468 'yes' votes are of the utmost importance in terms of political consensus". With the vote, Turkey was "crossing a historic threshold", DEM MP Ceylan Akca told AFP.