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The trial on İmralı island was held between the 31 May 1999 and the 29 June 1999 [30] [25] and judges from the State Security Court of Ankara were chosen to hear the case. [45] [46] Tight security measures were taken. For this trial a new courtroom was built [44] [47] and Öcalan attended the trial in a bullet-proof glass case.
Abdullah Öcalan is a founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a militant group that initially aimed for an independent Kurdistan but later adapted its demands to focus on cultural and political rights for the Kurds. [3]
The trial was accompanied by arrests of scores of Kurdish politicians from the People's Democracy Party (HADEP). [98] In mid-June 1999, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey approved the removal of military judges from the State Security Courts, in an attempt to address criticism from the European Court of Human Rights [ 99 ] and a civilian ...
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.
Mustafa Suphi the founder of the Communist Party of Turkey and his 14 comrades were assassinated while they were being sent to Erzurum for trial [36] Republic of Turkey (1923–present) Name
A son who held his parent's alleged murderer at gunpoint is opening up about his final moments with his mother and father. T.D. Gribble recalled how he embraced his mom Paula, 76, and kissed the ...
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