After decades of managing tensions through careful balancing, Turkey and Iran now find themselves increasingly at odds ...

There is a stark similarity between the way Pakistan as a state has subjugated the Baloch people and the way Turkey has ...

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 ...

Ever since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad from Syria, analysts had predicted that Turkey and Iran’s interests would soon ...

2. Abdullah Öcalan: Rebel without arms The PKK founder’s call to his supporters to lay down weapons and dissolve the organisation opens the possibility of bringing the 40-year conflict between ...

Since Turkish Nationalist Movement Party leader Devlet Bahceli launched his call in October 2024 for the disbandment and disarmament of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in exchange for the release ...

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 ...

On 27 February, Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) – which had been engaged in a four-decade independence struggle against the Turkish state – made a dramatic ...

The most striking development of this phase came on February 27, when Öcalan called for “laying down arms”. As American imperialism, in partnership with Israel, imposes a new design on the Middle East ...

Members of the DEM Party delegation who visited Öcalan in prison. A recent survey by Areda Survey found that 57.5% of the public in Turkey viewed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan’s call for the group to ...

The iconic leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Abdullah Öcalan, has urged the militant group to lay down arms In an unprecedented move, Abdullah Öcalan has urged the militant Kurdistan ...