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Head of Syrian Kurdish forces welcomes Ocalan's call for PKK to disband


Thursday, 27 February, 2025 , 17:00 AFP

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


Thursday, 27 February, 2025 , 16:54 AFP Iraq's Kurdistan regional president Nechirvan Barzani on Thursday welcomed jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan's call for the Kurdish militant group to lay down its weapons and dissolve.

Germany says Ocalan's call for PKK to disband is 'historic chance'


Thursday, 27 February, 2025 , 16:48 AFP Jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan's call for the Kurdish militant group to disband was an "historic chance" to bring to an end their decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state, the German foreign ministry said Thursday.

Main elements of Ocalan's call for PKK to disband


Thursday, 27 February, 2025 , 16:32 AFP Jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan on Thursday issued a historic call for his Kurdish militant force to disband and his fighters to lay down their arms.

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.