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Ocalan, Turkey and PKK

Kurdish leader Ocalan issues message from prison, urging PKK to disarm to make peace with Turkey

Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned Kurdish leader, called on his militant group on Thursday to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a new bid to end a four-decade long conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.

Reuters · 1d

Abdullah Ocalan: who is Kurdish militant chief urging peace with Turkey?

The 75-year-old militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has spent a quarter of a century in jail after leading his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to take up arms against the Turkish state to fight for a Kurdish homeland.

CBS News on MSN · 22h

White House welcomes call by Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan for Turkey's PKK terrorist group to disarm

The PKK's decades-long Kurdish insurgency in Turkey has killed tens of thousands of people. Now its long-time leader says it's time to end the fight.

Kurdish PKK declare ceasefire

KSAT · 5m

Kurdish militants declare ceasefire in 40-year insurgency in Turkey

Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire, two days after their imprisoned leader called for the group to disarm.

Reuters on MSN · 2h

Kurdish PKK militants declare ceasefire, heeding jailed leader's call

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group declared an immediate ceasefire on Saturday, a news agency close to it said, heeding jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan's disarmament call, in a major step toward ending a 40-year insurgency against the Turkish state.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Factbox-Syrian Kurdish Groups Influenced by Jailed Militant Ocalan

Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish militant leader jailed by Turkey who called on Thursday for his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to dissolve and all groups to lay down arms, is an influential figure among the main Kurdish groups in northeastern Syria.

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'Ball in Turkish government's court' after Ocalan peace call, pro-Kurdish party says

Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party wants immediate steps towards democratisation from President Tayyip Erdogan's government after ...

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Who Is the P.K.K. Leader Abdullah Ocalan?

The founder of the P.K.K., a guerrilla organization that has been fighting an insurgency against Turkey for decades, has ...

U.S. News & World Report13d

Turkish Opposition Party Delegation Meets With Kurdish Leader in Iraq as Part of PKK Peace Efforts

The DEM party has long pressed for greater democracy in Turkey and rights for the country’s Kurdish population, and also to improve conditions for the imprisoned Ocalan. Ocalan, 75, founded the ...

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