Turkey's jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down arms on Thursday, a move that could end its 40-year conflict with Ankara and have far-reaching ...

according to a message that was relayed by pro-Kurdish party politicians who visited Ocalan on Imrali island earlier in the day. Ocalan’s momentous announcement is part of a new effort for peace ...

President Masoud Barzani said on Friday that he hopes jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abullah Ocalan is released ...

Turkey revives Kurdish peace talks after years of deadlock. But military strikes on PKK positions cast doubt on the process. A conflict spanning decades At least 40,000 people have been killed in ...

Now he is calling for peace. On Thursday, Ocalan, from his cell in Imrali island prison in the Sea of Marmara, south of Istanbul, called on the PKK to lay down its arms and dissolve itself ...

Ocalan, 75, has been imprisoned on the island of Imrali, off Istanbul, since 1999 after being convicted of treason. Despite his incarceration, he continues to wield significant influence over the PKK.

A DEM delegation visited Ocalan on Thursday in the prison on Imrali island and later delivered his message in nearby Istanbul, a photo of them together with Ocalan projected onto the wall behind them.

ISTANBUL — (AP) — Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan has called on his militant group to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a bid to end a four-decade long conflict that has ...

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