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PKK executive says Öcalan must oversee disarmament process
A senior Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) figure, Cemil Bayık, has responded to remarks by Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) ...
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Kurdish leader Ocalan issues message from prison, urging PKK to disarm to make peace with Turkey
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 ...
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Abdullah Öcalan: Rebel without arms
Among those who hit the street to protest the killing of the Marxist leader was Abdullah Öcalan, a 24-year-old graduate from Ankara University. He was arrested and charged with distributing a ...
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Implications of Ocalan’s call for the PKK’s disarmament
On Thursday, February 27, 2025, Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), called in a statement on the group’s members to disband and lay down their arms. He made ...
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What does Öcalan's call for the PKK to lay down arms mean for Turkey and Syria?
In a radical new turn in the Kurdish-Turkish conflict, Abdullah Öcalan, the long-imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), has called on his party to lay down its arms and disband.
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PKK accepts Öcalan’s call to end armed struggle
Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), made a statement last Thursday through a visiting delegation of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM ...
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After 45 year, will the Kurdish-Turkish conflict in Iraq come to an end?
Syrian Kurds hold flags as they gather after Turkey's jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms on Thursday, a move that could end its ...
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Öcalan calls on Kurdish PKK to lay down arms and dissolve itself
A delegation from the Kurdish nationalist People’s Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) visited imprisoned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan for the third time on Thursday.
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How Öcalan's call for PKK's disbandment echoed in Diyarbakır
"Of course, our situation is powerful," reads the placard, a quote from Öcalan. (Photos: Evrim Deniz) In Diyarbakır, the largest Kurdish-populated city, people began gathering early around Dağkapı ...
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Kurdish terror group declares a ceasefire in 40-year insurgency in Turkey
It referred to the insurgents' leader, Abdullah Ocalan, who has been imprisoned by Turkey since 1999. "We declare a ceasefire effective today to pave the way for the implementation of Leader Apo's ...
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Kurdish militia declares ceasefire following leader’s call to end five-decade insurgency with Turkey
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 ...