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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 911 call came in at about 4 p.m. on Sept. 18, 2014, to Gilchrist County dispatchers in Florida. On the tape, the 911 operator could hear a man admitting to killing his adult daughter and his ...
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In one call, she gave him Verna’s address and her daily routine. They also settled on a price. "$5,000 for the girl. $2,500 for the mother," he said.
In Diyarbakir, on 6 July 2005, unknowns killed Hikmet Fidan, the former vice-president of the People's Democratic Party (HADEP), who formed an alternative organization to the PKK called PWD with Osman Ocalan. [42] The PKK was accused, but it denied its involvement. [43] In 2007 the PKK included a 40% quota for women as commanders. [44]