Veysi Aktaş, one of the prisoners held at the İmralı island prison alongside Kurdistan Workers’ Party ( PKK) leader Abdullah ...

A person waves a flag bearing the picture of Imprisoned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Oecalan during a celebration marking the Kurdish New Year "Newroz" in Frankfurt. Andreas ...

The government’s intent is more or less clear, but the Kurdish movement, highlighting its various possible outcomes, is ...

The move came after PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been imprisoned on an island near Istanbul since 1999, urged his group in February to convene a congress, and formally disband and disarm.

A person waves a flag bearing the picture of Imprisoned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Oecalan during a celebration marking the Kurdish New Year "Newroz" in Frankfurt. Andreas ...

The main opposition Republican People’s Party and ruling AK Party released the names of lawmakers on Thursday who will ...

On the morning before the attack in Ankara, Abdullah Öcalan was allowed to meet with his nephew Ömer Öcalan, DEM deputy for Şanlıurfa, as a sign of lifting the 44-month isolation imposed on him.

One of the world's most protracted armed conflicts could finally be drawing to a close in Turkey. This month, a small group ...

A delegation from the Kurdish nationalist People’s Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) visited imprisoned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan for the third time on Thursday ...

There’s a reason to be sceptical about Abdullah Öcalan's call for peace. Efforts to end the fighting in 1993, 1995-1996, and 2013-2015 all led nowhere.

On February 27, 2025, jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan called on the group to disarm and dissolve. Öcalan was arrested in Kenya on February 15, 1999, on his way to ...

Mehmet Öcalan told about his recent visit to his brother Abdullah Öcalan, PKK leader who is currently in solitary confinement in Imrali Island. Some of the highlights from the meeting are as follows: ...