Jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call for his Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to disband and lay down its arms after decades of armed struggle has been widely hailed as a historic moment ...

The P.K.K. leadership, which is based in the Qandil Mountains of Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region, responded to the call by the founder, Abdullah Ocalan, by announcing a unilateral cease-fire on ...

The consequences of the call by the founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, for the group to disband are still reverberating – not just in Turkiye but also in the wider ...

Ankara has long viewed the SDF as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), whose imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan last month called for the group he founded to disarm and disband.

The PKK’s jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan brought that goal one step closer last month when he called on the group’s commanders in Iraq to convene, disarm, and disband. The PKK, designated as a ...

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Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call for peace on Feb. 27 continues to influence public opinion. Civil society organizations and art institutions have expressed support ...

Since Turkish Nationalist Movement Party leader Devlet Bahceli launched his call in October 2024 for the disbandment and disarmament of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in exchange for the release ...

However, they have yet to receive any response from the authorities. The isolation measures imposed at Imralı Prison remain in place, with leader Abdullah Ocalan reportedly being denied his basic ...

Speaking during a preparatory Newroz ceremony in Diyarbakir on Tuesday, Bakirhan underscored the significance of Abdullah Ocalan’s recent call and linked it to ongoing political developments in Syria.