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Jailed Kurdish leader urges PKK to disarm

Jailed Kurdish militant leader calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says

The jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdish militant group PKK called on Thursday for the group to lay down its arms and dissolve itself, in a letter read by Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party.

The Straits Times · 20m

Who is Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish militant leader urging peace with Turkey?

ISTANBUL - The 75-year-old militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has spent a quarter of a century in jail after leading his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to take up arms against the Turkish state to fight for a Kurdish homeland.

The Financial Times · 29m

Turkey’s jailed Kurdish leader calls for militants to disarm

The jailed leader of Turkey’s decades-long Kurdish insurgency has called on his followers to lay down arms, according to an opposition party, a crucial step towards ending a conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.

Radio France Internationale9m

Ocalan: Kurdish PKK founder who urged his fighters to disarm

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds, but a "terrorist ...

The Media Line6h

DEM Party Delegation Presses Ocalan for a Peaceful PKK Disarmament Initiative

A delegation from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party visited jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan on Thursday at his Imrali Island ...

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Turkish opposition party delegation meets with Kurdish leader in Iraq as part of PKK peace efforts

A Turkish opposition party delegation has arrived in Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region against the backdrop of peace ...

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Kurdish Peace Talks: A Turning Point for Disarmament

The pro-Kurdish DEM Party is set to hold a press conference following its discussions with imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan. The party is expected to deliver a statement that could ...

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