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In November 1998, Öcalan elaborated on a 7-point peace plan according to which the Turkish attacks on Kurdish villages should stop, the refugees would be allowed to return, the Kurdish people would be granted autonomy within Turkey, the Kurds would receive the equal democratic rights as the Turks and the Turkish government supported village ...
In November 2012, about 10,000 Kurdish prisoners joined the hunger strike, calling for better detention conditions for Öcalan, the right to use the Kurdish language in trials, and the start of peace negotiations between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). [33] The strike lasted for sixty-eight days until Öcalan demanded its end.
Turkey's imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader says he is willing to work with authorities for peace ISTANBUL (AP) — Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of Turkey's banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has said that he is willing to contribute to peace between Turks and Kurds, in a statement issued by the pro-Kurdish DEM party Sunday.
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 ...
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.
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's nationalist ally on Tuesday urged jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan to announce the group's disbandment after his next meeting ...
A convoy of US military vehicles was confronted by people carrying placards while traveling through Qamishli, near Syria’s border with Turkey, during the early morning of October 21.Standing in ...
Flag of the KCK, often used by Democratic Confederalists. Democratic confederalism [1] [2] (Kurdish: Konfederalîzma demokratîk), also known as Kurdish communalism, Öcalanism, or Apoism, [nb 1] is a political concept theorized by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan about a system of democratic self-organization [4] with the features of a confederation based on the ...