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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.

Pro-Kurd party leaves for Ocalan meet ahead of historic call


Thursday, 27 February, 2025 , 08:22 AFP — A delegation from Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party left Thursday to meet jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan who was to make a "historic declaration" on ending the decades-long conflict with the state.

CORRECTED: Turkey's pro-Kurd party teases 'historic' news from PKK leader


Thursday, 27 February, 2025 , 06:43 AFP — Turkey's leading pro-Kurd party said it was expecting a "historic declaration" Thursday from the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, amid efforts to end a decades-long conflict with Ankara.