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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] He led the PKK and its struggle from bases in Lebanon and Syria until he was expelled from Syria in October 1998 ...
[113] [114] From 27 July 2011 until 2 May 2019 his lawyers have not been allowed to see Abdullah Öcalan. [115] From July 2011 until December 2017 his lawyers filed more than 700 appeals for visits, but all were rejected.
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
Abdullah Öcalan (2 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Öcalan family" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. O.
Hozat's interest in the PKK grew during her high school years, influenced in part by Abdullah Ocalan's articles published under the pen name 'Ali Firat' in the Özgur Halk newspaper. [4] In 1994, she joined the PKK in the mountains of Tunceli Province, taking on the name Bese Hozat [ 4 ] the same name as the wife of Seyid Riza , the leader of ...
Öcalan was born on 3 October 1987 in Halfeti, Sanlıurfa, as daughter of Fatma Öcalan, the sister of imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan. She has a tourism degree from university. [ 2 ] On 23 December 2013, she visited her uncle at İmralı prison and became known to the media after she gave a press statement detailing the conversation ...
He was close to Abdullah Öcalan, Kaytan is reported to have called Öcalan "the crowned personality of the Eastern thought" and presented him like a natural leader for the Kurds, while Öcalan stated that Haydar Kaytan had a "strong ideological side and interpretation capability" during the interrogation following his arrest in February 1999. [18]
Öcalan is a Turkish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Abdullah Öcalan (born 1949), Kurdish militant leader, one of the founding members of militant organization Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Dilek Öcalan (born 1987), Turkish politician, niece of Abdullah Öcalan; Ömer Öcalan (born 1987), Turkish politician, nephew of ...