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Ocalan was captured in Kenya by Turkish special forces in 1999 and has now spent a quarter of a century in an island prison south of Istanbul. ... was led by Ocalan from Syria until Turkey ...
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 ...
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.
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]
On 6 September 2018 visits from lawyers were banned for six months due to former punishments he received in the years 2005–2009, the fact that the lawyers made their conversations with Ocalan public, and the impression that Öcalan was leading the PKK through communications with his lawyers. [114]
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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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