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Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan, jailed 25 years ago, is again a focus of attention in Turkey after President Tayyip Erdogan's nationalist ally raised the possibility of his release in ...
Turkey has issued seven arrest warrants for Abdullah Öcalan, including a red notice with Interpol. [1] Öcalan was the leader of the PKK at the time, which had led an uprising against the Turkish Government demanding more political rights for the Kurdish population in Turkey. [2]
After that meeting, Ocalan was cited as indicating a willingness to call on th. ... The PKK, designated a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States and European Union, has been waging an ...
During the peace process between the PKK and Turkey, Öcalan received visits from politicians of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), between January [22] [23] and March 2013. [24] In support of the peace process, the PKK released six Turkish soldiers and two state employees in March 2013, on Öcalan's orders.
Abdullah Öcalan (/ ˈ oʊ dʒ əl ɑː n / OH-jə-lahn; [10] Turkish:; born 4 April 1948 or 1949), also known as Apo [10] [11] (short for Abdullah in Turkish; Kurdish for "uncle"), [12] [13] is a founding member of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
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The February 1999 Kurdish protests were held by Kurds in Turkey, Iran and by the Kurdish diaspora worldwide, after Kurdistan Workers' Party leader Abdullah Öcalan had been captured at the Nairobi airport in Kenya, after having left the Greek embassy, and was brought to Turkey to stand trial for terrorism [2] promoting separatism and treason.
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