Who Is the P.K.K. Leader Abdullah Ocalan?
The founder of the P.K.K., a guerrilla organization that has been fighting an insurgency against Turkey for decades, has ...
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Ocalan’s Call is a Golden Opportunity for Turks
Some even suggest that the Turkish President will likely use Ocalan’s call as a way to persuade Kurdish voters to support a ...
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What does Öcalan's call for the PKK to lay down arms mean for Turkey and Syria?
On the other hand, it is too soon to say whether the PKK will respond fully to Ocalan's call, especially given the complexity ...
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What's next after Ocalan urges the PKK to disband?
Jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call for his Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to disband and lay down its arms after ...
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Why Öcalan’s Call Presents Historical Opportunities and Risks for Turkey’s Kurds
These meetings culminated in Öcalan’s February 27 statement, in which he urged his organization to lay down arms and abandon ...
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PKK leader Ocalan’s historic call to disarm could go to waste without external guarantors
Without third party mediation between Turkey and Kurdish groups, it may be difficult to overcome the many barriers that have ...
White House welcomes call by Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan for Turkey's PKK terrorist group to disarm
The PKK's decades-long Kurdish insurgency in Turkey has killed tens of thousands of people. Now its long-time leader says it's time to end the fight.
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PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey after Ocalan's call
The Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) said it will heed a call from its jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, to lay down arms and end ...
'Ball in Turkish Government's Court' After Ocalan Peace Call, Pro-Kurdish Party Says
Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party wants immediate steps towards democratisation from President Tayyip Erdogan's government after ...
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A half-century insurgency in the Middle East may be ending. Here’s why
On Thursday, Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), called on its members to lay down arms and dissolve the group. If his followers heed that call, it would mark ...
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Turkey’s old trick: Keeping Kurds off the new Mideast map - opinion
A demonstrator holds a picture of jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan during a rally in Diyarbakir, Turkey, February 27, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/SERTAC KAYAR/FILE PHOTO ...