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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]
Turkish police have detained 282 suspects over the past five days in a large-scale operation targeting the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Tuesday.
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.
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.
Worldwide protests broke out after the news of Öcalan's capture, which took place in Kenya by Turkish intelligence, with cooperation of Greece. 55 to 200 PKK supporters armed with iron bars stormed the Israeli consulate in Berlin on 17 February, accusing the Mossad of allegedly helping the Turkish government in kidnapping Öcalan.