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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 ...
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.
Abdullah Öcalan (/ ˈ oʊ dʒ əl ɑː n / OH-jə-lahn; [9] Turkish:; born 4 April 1949), also known as Apo [9] [10] (short for Abdullah in Turkish; Kurdish for "uncle"), [11] [12] is a founding member of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
The trial was adjourned until next week due this confrontation. [57] As the trial paused for a few days, lawyers representing the relatives of Turkish soldiers, attempted to file lawsuits against Öcalan's lawyers alleging they supported the PKK by accusing Turkey for also being responsible for the deaths in the Turkish-Kurdish conflict. [65]
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) waged a guerrilla war against Turkey since 1984. Their demands initially included independence for a Kurdistan to be created out of the Kurdish areas in Turkey, [2] but later transformed into a demand for more political and cultural freedom.
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