A Kurdish lawmaker who was kidnapped earlier by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has been freed on Tuesday.

A Kurdish lawmaker who was kidnapped earlier by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has been freed on Tuesday.

Huseyin Aygun, of the Republican People's Party (CHP) in the southeastern city of Tunceli, was abducted Sunday after militants stopped his car on the highway.

The lawmaker was released near Ovacik town in the Tunceli province, governor Mustafa Taskesen told private NTV television network.

"He is in good health and expected to be in Tunceli after judicial procedures are concluded," the governor said.
Aygun had refused to testify at a nearby police station and said he wanted to go to Tunceli, local security sources told AFP.

Turkish security forces launched on Monday an operation to locate the abducted lawmaker.
The operation came amid intensified clashes between Kurdish fighters and Turkish troops in the region.

PKK had confirmed in a statement they were holding the lawmaker and warned Turkey to abandon its rescue operation.