At the time, Kurds were denied the right to speak their ... DEM Party wave flags with portraits of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan at a rally for Newroz in Istanbul, Turkiye, March 17, 2024 ...

After 40 years, with 40,000 people killed, and without securing a Kurdish homeland, the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, the ...

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia announced its decision on Monday to dissolve the group, a historic move after ...

The announcement came several months after the group’s imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan ... Many of Turkey’s Kurds view Mr. Ocalan as a potent symbol of the struggle for Kurdish rights.

Ocalan's capture in ... of PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist" to many ...

After more than a four-decade insurgency carried out by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) against Turkey, the US-designated ...

The announcement came after the PKK held its congress in northern Iraq on Friday, about two months after its imprisoned founder, Abdullah Ocalan ... that many Kurds in Turkiye felt.

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist" to many within wider Turkish society. After a decades-long insurgency ...