In a press release published in March 2013 , she welcomed the Kurdish leader 's call for cease-fire ; she urged the Turkish authorities not to waste a historic opportunity and called on Scandinavian countries to take the lead in negotiating a peace deal in Turkey . In a statement released two days after the 2015 Ankara bombings , she asked President Barack Obama to urge the Turkish Prime Minister to show respect for the victims of the peace rally and declare a ceasefire with the Kurdistan Workers ' Party , which had already declared a unilateral ceasefire . She also asked Federica Mogherini to help end the armed violence between Turkey and the Kurds
2015 Ankara bombings
2015 Ankara bombings
Widad Akrawi