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There have been held regular demonstrations by the Kurdish community to raise awareness of the isolation of Öcalan. [116] In October 2012 several hundred Kurdish political prisoners went on hunger strike for better detention conditions for Öcalan and the right to use the Kurdish language in education and jurisprudence.
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 ...
Turkey's imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader says he is willing to work with authorities for peace ISTANBUL (AP) — Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of Turkey's banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has said that he is willing to contribute to peace between Turks and Kurds, in a statement issued by the pro-Kurdish DEM party Sunday.
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 ...
His personal belongings of which he was dispossessed, namely a Rayban sunglasses, a Zenith watch, a tie and a leather belt were ordered to be returned. [76] The sentence was read out by the Judge Turgut Okyay and broadcast live on TRT. [27] The 29 of June is the anniversary of the hanging of Sheikh Said, the leader of a Kurdish rebellion in ...
In November 2012, about 10,000 Kurdish prisoners joined the hunger strike, calling for better detention conditions for Öcalan, the right to use the Kurdish language in trials, and the start of peace negotiations between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). [33] The strike lasted for sixty-eight days until Öcalan demanded its end.
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.
Diagram of Kurdish organisations and their relations Flags of several KCK-affiliated groups during a conference in Kobanî, 2017. KCK contract defines the highest authority of the organization in Article 11 as follows: The Founder and Leader of Kurdistan Democratic Society Confederalism is Abdullah Öcalan.