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Iraqi Kurdistan president welcomes Ocalan's call, urges PKK to disarm


Thursday, 27 February, 2025 , 16:18 AFP

In major shift, Ocalan calls for PKK to drop weapons, disband


Thursday, 27 February, 2025 , 15:50 AFP Jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan on Thursday called for his Kurdish militant group to lay down its weapons and dissolve itself in a landmark declaration read out in Istanbul.

Families yearn for an end to PKK-Turkey war


Thursday, 27 February, 2025 , 15:33 AFP A mother weeping for a teenaged daughter shot dead by a Turkish sniper and a father mourning a son killed by PKK militants are among countless families hoping that a new peace drive can end Turkey's four-decade-old Kurdish conflict.

Ocalan: Kurdish PKK founder who urged his fighters to disarm


Thursday, 27 February, 2025 , 14:53 AFP Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds, but a "terrorist" to many within wider Turkish society.

Ocalan calls for PKK to drop weapons, be dissolved


Thursday, 27 February, 2025 , 14:37 AFP Jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan on Thursday called for his Kurdish militant group to lay down its weapons and dissolve itself in a landmark declaration read out in Istanbul.

Five key dates in the Turkey-PKK conflict


Thursday, 27 February, 2025 , 14:27 AFP Kurdish party leader Abdullah Ocalan on Thursday urged fighters to lay down their arms and to dissolve the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group that he founded.

Ocalan calls for PKK to drop weapons, be dissolved: statement


Thursday, 27 February, 2025 , 14:20 AFP Jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan on Thursday called for his Kurdish militant group to lay down its weapons and dissolve itself in a landmark declaration read out in Istanbul.

Jailed PKK leader Ocalan expected to call for peace with Turkey


Thursday, 27 February, 2025 , 13:58 AFP Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan was expected to make a "historic declaration" on Thursday on ending the decades long conflict between Kurdish groups and the Turkish state.

Ocalan: the Kurdish 'uncle' feared by many in Turkey


Thursday, 27 February, 2025 , 11:21 AFP Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds, but a "terrorist" to many within wider Turkish society.

Jailed PKK leader Ocalan expected to call for peace with Turkey


Thursday, 27 February, 2025 , 10:27 AFP Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan was expected to make a "historic declaration" on Thursday on ending the decades long conflict between Kurdish groups and the Turkish state.