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Abdullah Öcalan was eventually captured in Nairobi, Kenya, by an operative of the Turkish Secret Service in February 1999 and brought to the prison facility on Imrali island. [4] His trial began on 31 May 1999 and concluded on 29 June with a death sentence for treason and separatism. The death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in ...
Middle East Review of International Affairs, Vol. 3, No. 2. Özcan, Ali Kemal (2005). Turkey's Kurds: A Theoretical Analysis of the PKK and Abdullah Ocalan. London & New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-36687-9. Parkinson, Joe, and Ayla Albayrak (15 March 2013). "Kurd Locked in Solitary Cell Holds Key to Turkish Peace".
Ali Kemal Özcan (born 1959)is a Turkish academic and lecturer at the Munzur University in Tunceli. He is known for his research regarding the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its leader Abdullah Öcalan .
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 ...
Flag of the KCK, often used by Democratic Confederalists. Democratic confederalism [1] [2] (Kurdish: Konfederalîzma demokratîk), also known as Kurdish communalism 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 principles of autonomy ...
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.
The Kurdistan Workers' Party ceasefire of 1993 was a short lived ceasefire declared by Abdullah Öcalan at a press conference. He held together with Jalal Talabani ahead of Newroz on the 17 March 1993.
The trial of Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), began on 31 May 1999 and concluded on 29 June with a death sentence for treason and separatism. Öcalan was captured in February 1999 in Nairobi, Kenya and extradited to Turkey. He was imprisoned on the İmralı island in the Sea of Marmara.