Turkey arrests Swedish journalist over alleged terrorist connections to a pro-Kurdish group
Turkish authorities have arrested a Swedish journalist dispatched to cover ongoing nationwide protests on charges of ...
TASS Russian News Agency12d
Turkey to continue fighting Kurdistan Workers' Party if it declines to lay down arms
Commenting on the possibility of easing the detention conditions for PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving a life sentence on Imrali Island in the Sea of Marmara, Tunc clarified that "any individ ...
Al Jazeera English19d
Analysis: Call to disband PKK reshapes Turkiye, Syria power dynamics
The consequences of the call by the founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, for the group to disband are still reverberating – not just in Turkiye but also in the wider ...
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Middle East: What an end of the PKK would mean for Kurds
Kurds in the Middle East have been in a state of limbo since Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, gave his pioneering speech in late February. In his ...
Chatham House24d
PKK leader Ocalan’s historic call to disarm could go to waste without external guarantors
Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) – designated a terrorist organization by Turkey and its Western allies – has called on the group to lay down arms and dissolve. His ...
Al-Monitor24d
End of an era? PKK leader Ocalan orders militants to end war with Turkey, 'dissolve'
“I am making a call for the laying down of arms, and I take on the historical responsibility for this call,” Ocalan said in his remarks that were relayed at a news conference in Istanbul. “All groups ...
DW on MSN27d
Kurds celebrate as Ocalan calls for PKK to disband
The jailed leader of the Kurdish militant PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, has called for the group to disarm and disband.
The Express Tribune29d
Kurdish PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey
Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband and end more than four decades of ...
The Straits Times29d
Kurdish PKK militants declare ceasefire with Turkey after 40 years of armed struggle
ISTANBUL - Outlawed Kurdish militants on March 1 declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband and end more than four ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs29d
What does call for disarmament of Kurdish militants in Turkey mean for Middle East? - analysis
The big question now is whether the PKK will actually heed this call by Ocalan and if PKK affiliates will agree. A demonstrator holds a picture of jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan ...
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Kurdish PKK militants declare immediate ceasefire
Ocalan on Thursday called on the PKK to lay down its arms and dissolve, a move that President Tayyip Erdogan's government and the opposition pro-Kurdish DEM party voiced support for. The ceasefire ...
Kurdish PKK militants declare immediate ceasefire
Mexican Foreign Minister Juan Ramon de la Fuente spoke with the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau on ...