Since the leader of the Turkish Nationalist Movement Party, Devlet Bahçeli, issued his call in October 2024 to disband the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and disarm it in exchange for the release ...

The big question now is whether the PKK will actually heed this call by Ocalan and if PKK affiliates will agree. A demonstrator holds a picture of jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan ...

heeding jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call for disarmament, in a major step toward ending a 40-year insurgency against the Turkish state. Ocalan on Thursday (February 27, 2025) called on the ...

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia on Saturday declared an immediate ceasefire, two days after its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called on fighters to lay down their arms and dissolve the ...

The imprisoned leader of the Kurdish militant group, Abdullah Ocalan, this week called for the PKK to disband. Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a ...

(MENAFN- Jordan Times) ISTANBUL - Jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan on Thursday called for his Kurdish militant group to lay down its weapons and dissolve itself in a landmark declaration read ...

Syrian Kurds gathered this week to listen to a message from jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK has declared a ceasefire with Turkey after its jailed leader Abdullah ...

Imprisoned Turkish Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan has commanded the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) to disarm and dissolve, potentially ending a four-decade insurgency against Ankara that spilt into ...

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader, Abdullah Ocalan, issued an order on Thursday for the group he founded to disband and disarm. His announcement was largely welcomed by Turkish political ...

After the Kurdish PKK militant group’s founder Abdullah Ocalan urged it to disband, hopes of peace are rising – but the path to that goal will still be thorny, experts warn. Abdullah Ocalan ...

Istanbul — In a historic move, imprisoned Kurdish separatist leader Abdullah Ocalan called Thursday on members of the banned Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) to lay down their weapons to end a ...

Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan was expected to make a "historic declaration" on Thursday (February 27, 2025) on ending the decades-long conflict between Kurdish groups and the Turkish State.