A "major paradigm shift" is required to mend fractured ties between Turkey and its Kurdish minority after the PKK's historic disarmament move, jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan said Sunday. His ...

This is all you need to know about why Ocalan and the PKK have given up their armed struggle. Who is Abdullah Ocalan? Ocalan was born to a poor Kurdish farming family on April 4, 1948, in Omerli ...

Kurdish leader Ocalan told the PKK to disband, it did: Here’s what to know PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan is leading peace efforts to end a Kurdish armed rebellion against Turkiye after four decades.

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 ...

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.

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey's armed forces have killed 26 Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria in the week since jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's disarmament call, the defence ministry said on ...

Kurdish PKK militia declares ceasefire, heeding jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan's call Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on the PKK to lay down its arms and dissolve ...

Ocalan's call for disarmament, if acted on by the PKK, is likely to have far-reaching implications for the entire Middle East, including for millions of ethnic Kurds living in Syria, Iraq and Iran.

Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan was expected to make a "historic declaration" on Thursday (February 27, 2025) on ending the decades-long conflict between Kurdish groups and the Turkish State.

Kurdistan Workers’ Party leader Abdullah Ocalan’s latest message has divided public opinion, with some viewing it as a necessary step toward peace while others expressing skepticism about its ...

A supporter flashes a victory sign after the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, Abdullah Ocalan, called on the party to disarm and dissolve itself, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Feb. 27, 2025.