Pro-Kurdish Party Says Turkey Vague on Peace Steps After PKK Pledge
After attending the meetings with DEM in parliament, AKP spokesman Omer Celik said the ruling party is "not engaging in a negotiation or a give-and-take," adding it has previously discussed raising ...
PKK accepts Öcalan’s call to end armed struggle
The bitter experiences of the past century have proved that a progressive solution to the Kurdish question, which is intertwined with a deepening imperialist war in the Middle East and involves four ...
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A half-century insurgency in the Middle East may be ending. Here’s why
On Thursday, Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), called on its members to lay down arms and dissolve the group. If his followers heed that call, it would mark ...
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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" to many within wider Turkish society. In a historic call on Thursday, ...
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Kurdish militia declares ceasefire following leader’s call to end five-decade insurgency with Turkey
For almost five decades, Turkey has been at war with the PKK, founded by Ocalan in 1978. Much of the fighting has focused on the group’s desire to establish an independent Kurdish state in the ...