Sarah Glynn looks at the brutal crackdown on Kurds and other minorities and activists since the Israeli-United States bombings of Iran. Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s freedom is an absolute necessity and would be a historic step, writes Devriş Çimen. Ömer Öcalan reveals details ...

Istanbul (dpa) — Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed founder of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey, has called on his followers to abandon their armed struggle against the Turkish ...

The HIndu profiles on Abdullah Öcalan, former PKK leader, calls for peace and dissolution of the group after decades of conflict in Turkiye.

PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan’s sister Fatma Öcalan and uncle Süleyman Arslan held a press conference in Gemik Gerdarmerie Headquarters after their visit to Imralı Prison. Süleyman Arslan complaint that their visit to Öcalan was limited to 30 minutes. “I have travelled 1,500 km for this visit. They only allowed 30 minutes of visit.

Öcalan supporters end hunger strike 05/26/2019 May 26, 2019. Thousands of inmates in Turkish prisons and politicians have ended their hunger strike, after a call from jailed Kurdish rebel leader ...

Voices I am starving myself until Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan is taken out of solitary confinement. Since late spring 2015, he has been held by Turkey under total isolation from the outside world.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party may declare its dissolution “at any moment” as part of the ongoing Kurdish peace initiative, according to a statement by Ayşegül Doğan, spokesperson for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party.“PKK may declare at any moment that the congress has convened. We are waiting for this historic step and decision with great seriousness ...

PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan calls on banned Kurdish group to lay down arms and dissolve "We, too, are awaiting this historic step, this historic decision," said party spokesperson Aysegül Doğan.