Speculation has been rife in Turkey for weeks about an anticipated statement from the jailed leader of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). What would Abdullah Ocalan say? When would he say it? How would ...

Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his militant group on Thursday to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a new bid to end a four-decade long conflict that has claimed tens of ...

Now, the group’s imprisoned founder, Abdullah Ocalan, has called on Kurdish fighters to lay down their arms and they have declared a cease-fire. It is still unclear, however, whether 40 years of ...

Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdish insurgent group P.K.K., called on his fighters to lay down their arms after decades of battling the Turkish state. By Safak Timur and Ben Hubbard Safak ...

ISTANBUL, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The 75-year-old militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has spent a quarter of a century in jail after leading his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to take up arms against the ...

Turkey's jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to disarm and disband on Thursday, a move that could end its 40-year conflict with Ankara and have far ...

Feb. 27 (UPI) --Abdullah Ocalan, imprisoned founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party known as PKK, sent a letter calling for the group to disarm and dissolve to make peace with Turkey. "I am making ...

Turkey's jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to disarm and disband on Thursday, a move that could end its 40-year conflict with Ankara and have far ...

Revelers danced in the street in the city of Qamishli and waved flags featuring Ocalan’s portrait alongside the Kurdish flag. “We welcome the historic announcement by Leader Abdullah Ocalan ...

ISTANBUL -- Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his militant group Thursday to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a new bid to end a four-decade long conflict with Turkey's ...