The iconic leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Abdullah Öcalan, has urged the militant group to lay down arms ...

This hoped-for peace process, they said, is meant to “enable all of us to live a common and free life.” Öcalan again plays a decisive role for a political solution, peace, and the ...

Ocalan repudiated the “extreme nationalist deviation” of seeking a separate Kurdish state, insisting that the Kurdish ...

The bitter experiences of the past century have proved that a progressive solution to the Kurdish question, which is ...

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I make this call and take historical responsibility,” read the letter from Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdish guerrilla, on Thursday, 27 February. This could be the last chance for ...

In his message, Öcalan stated that the only solution to the Kurdish question is through democratic means and called on the PKK to lay down arms and dissolve itself. "Respect for identities, free ...

Many interpreted Öcalan's additional message, which was not included in his letter, as an indication that the legal and political dimensions of the process remained unclear. The delegation from the ...

The imprisoned leader of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, has urged his followers to lay down their arms in the decades-long fight against Turkey. Boris Roessler/dpa ...