Jailed Kurdish militant leader Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve
STORY: The leader of the PKK, jailed in Turkey, called on his followers to lay down their arms on Thursday. That's according to a letter read by Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party.Abdullah Ocalan led the Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK in a 40-year insurgency against Ankara aimed at carving out an autonomous homeland for the Kurdish ethnic minority.
On the other hand, it is too soon to say whether the PKK will respond fully to Ocalan's call, especially given the ...
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.
A senior Turkish official says groups affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Syria and Iraq should dissolve themselves.
While Ocalan's call raises hopes for ending decades of conflict with Turkey, questions remain about the future of Kurdish ...
Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdish group PKK, has called on his movement to lay down its arms and dissolve itself, ...
The European Union has welcomed a call by Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the PKK, for the militant group to disarm. The EU emphasized that initiating a credible peace process would positively ...
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