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Jailed Kurdish militant leader urges PKK fighters to disarm before a symbolic peace ceremony
The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has renewed his call for fighters to disarm. Abdullah Ocalan emphasized ...
Ocalan: founder of the Kurdish militant PKK who authored its end
Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist ...
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PKK no longer seeks independent Kurdistan, Ocalan says in rare video
The PKK's jailed leader says in video address that his movement no longer seeks a nation state ahead of ceremony to lay down ...
PKK moves towards peace: Ocalan’s historic appeal for a democratic future
It is part of a larger process in which the PKK is moving to lay down its arms.In May, the PKK said it would lay down its ...
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Turkey tells Council of Europe it will not extend ‘right to hope’ to Öcalan
The country’s ruling bloc initiated the ongoing new Kurdish peace process by offering Abdullah Öcalan the right to hope in ...
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Ocalan's Call: The End of PKK's Armed Struggle and Push for Democracy
Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the PKK, appeared in a rare video to declare the end of the group's armed struggle against Turkey, urging a transition to democratic politics. His message ...
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Pro-Kurdish party in Turkey announces planned PKK disarmament in Iraq
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party says the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will take a first formal step toward disarmament on ...
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Turkey's Erdoğan bets big with high-stakes Kurdish gamble
As the president’s traditional support wanes, he is seeking a risky deal with the Kurds to buy a political lifeline. But is ...