Imprisoned PKK founder calls for it to disarm, 'dissolve itself' for peace with Turkey
Abdullah Ocalan, imprisoned founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party known as PLK, sent a letter calling for the group to ...
What is the PKK, the militant group urged to make peace with Turkey?
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Abdullah Ocalan: who is Kurdish militant chief urging peace with Turkey?
The 75-year-old militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has spent a quarter of a century in jail after leading his Kurdistan Workers ...
The Gazette14d
Factbox-What is the PKK, the militant group urged by its leader to disband and make peace with Turkey?
He was captured by Turkish special forces several months later in Kenya and sentenced to death by a Turkish court in 1999. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in October 2002 after ...
Pakistan Today21d
Pakistan, Turkish special forces wrap up joint counter-terror drills in Cherat
The closing ceremony was attended by Commander 11 Corps as the chief guest, while Brigadier General Ahmet Asik of the Turkish Special Forces also witnessed the event. During the ceremony ...
The Independent13d
Jailed Kurdish separatist leader calls for PKK to disarm in move that could shake up Turkey and Middle East
Ocalan, 75, issued the order to disarm from an island prison south of Istanbul, where he has been kept in isolation after being captured in Kenya in 1999 by Turkish special forces. The PKK is ...
Inter Press Service7d
Öcalan’s Letter: Between Dismay and the Kurds’ Need to Believe
The PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) should dissolve. I make this call and take historical responsibility,” read the letter ...
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Who is Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish militant leader urging peace with Turkey?
Ocalan was captured in Kenya by Turkish special forces in 1999. Despite being jailed, he continued to wield considerable clout, but it is unclear how much influence he now retains over the PKK ...