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 ...

A protester waves a flag bearing a portrait of Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party jailed in Turkey since 1999, during a demonstration calling for his release in the ...

Turkey’s armed forces have killed 26 Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria in the week since jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan’s disarmament call, the defence ministry said on Thursday.

ANKARA, March 6 (Reuters) - Turkey's armed forces have killed 26 Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria in the week since jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's disarmament call, the defence ...

Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A senior commander of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) said on Monday that their jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan should be involved in all ...

Ocalan’s unprecedented statement on February 27 urging the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to disarm and disband raised hopes among Turkey’s Kurdish citizens that Turkish President Recep ...

Many Kurds had been hoping to hear a new message from jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan, whose picture is present at every rally and celebration — Ilyas AKENGIN Three weeks after jailed PKK founder ...

Abdullah Ocalan, founder leader of The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) made a historic call from İmralı prison where he is being held in near total isolation since 1999 to his party to lay down ...

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 ...

Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) – designated a terrorist organization by Turkey and its Western allies – has called on the group to lay down arms and dissolve. His ...

PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan issued a historic message in late February telling the group to convene a congress and “make the decision to integrate with the state and society; all groups should ...