Kurdish separatist leader calls on followers to disarm, potentially ending a five-decade insurgency with Turkey
Kurdish militant leader Abdallah Ocalan has asked his followers in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down arms and ...
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Jailed PKK leader tells group to lay down arms, end conflict with Turkiye
A delegation of Turkiye’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party on Thursday visited the island prison where Ocalan has been held since 1999 and later delivered his statement in nearby Istanbul. “I am making a ...
What to know about the latest effort to bring an end to Turkey's 40-year Kurdish conflict
The imprisoned leader of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party has called on his group to disarm and disband in a bid to end 40 ...
Kurdish militant chief's peace call prompts hope, scepticism in Turkey
Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call from prison for his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down arms sparked ...
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Kurdish militants declare ceasefire, heeding jailed leader
Ocalan on Thursday called on the PKK to lay down its arms and dissolve, a move that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government and the opposition pro-Kurdish DEM party voiced support for.
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Kurdish military judge warns against 'desertion' of Yazidi Peshmerga fighters
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Some members of an all-Yazidi brigade of Peshmerga forces announced on Saturday that they had ...