Omer Ocalan had previously submitted numerous applications to the justice ministry to see the PKK leader, but they were all rejected. Asked if the meeting was a family one or a political one ...

Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan told a rare visiting delegation from Turkey's pro-Kurdish party that bolstering Turkish-Kurdish brotherhood is vital and that he is ready to contribute to the ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - There will be no peace in the Middle East until the Kurdish issue is resolved, was a message from Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan when he last met ...

After that meeting, Ocalan was cited as indicating a willingness to call on the PKK to lay down arms. Two DEM sources told Reuters last week the party was now set to visit Ocalan again ...

Ina FASSBENDER/AFP/AFP Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is "ready to make a call" to back a new initiative by the Turkish government to end decades of ...

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of Kurdish militant group the PKK is hailed by many Kurds as an icon, but within wider Turkish society many see him as a terrorist who deserves to die. On Saturday, ...

ANKARA, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's nationalist ally on Tuesday urged jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan to announce the group's disbandment after his next ...

DEM's first meeting with Ocalan followed Bahceli's surprise proposal last year for Ocalan to announce the PKK's disbandment. The talks fostered peace hopes but the precarious situation of Kurdish ...