Connecticut Post7d
Kurds in Iraq and Syria celebrate the Newroz festival of spring at a time of new political horizons
Meanwhile, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, which has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey that has spilled over ...
Greenwich Time9d
Arrested and stripped of degree: Twin moves to bar Istanbul mayor from ballot suggests Turkey’s Erdogan is really worried this time
but we're moving in the right... What makes that accusation more perplexing is that it comes at a time when the government is promoting Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the PKK, as a peacemaker who will ...
In a bunker with a woman battlefield commander in Syria: ‘To be under the control of a patriarchal husband? I prefer to be here’
The commander said she couldn’t go outside without taking “precautions” because she could be hit by a Turkish drone. However, ...
India Needs To Call Turkey What It Is - Sponsor Of Terrorism: Top Middle East Expert
In a detailed and exclusive interview with IANS, Michael Rubin, a leading expert on the Middle East, dissects the complex ...
Al-Monitor22d
End of an era? PKK leader Ocalan orders militants to end war with Turkey, 'dissolve'
A protester waves a flag bearing a portrait of Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party jailed in Turkey since 1999, during a demonstration calling for his release in the ...
The Hindu27d
Kurdish PKK militia declares ceasefire, heeding jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan's call
Ocalan on Thursday (February 27, 2025) 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 have voiced ...
Mena FN27d
In Major Shift, Ocalan Calls For PKK To Drop Weapons, Disband
(MENAFN- Jordan Times) ISTANBUL - 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 ...
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PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan 'ends 40 years of bloodshed in Turkey'
Ocalan as pictured, called on the PKK to lay ... from disastrous Trump meeting The Longest Living Dog Breeds World Book Day: Why more schools are asking pupils not to wear costumes of their ...
dw27d
Turkey: Kurdish PKK says will heed Ocalan's ceasefire call
Ocalan, 75, has been held in an island prison off Istanbul since 1999. Edited by: Louis Oelofse and Alex Berry Timothy Jones Writer, translator and editor with DW's online news team.
rudaw28d
PKK umbrella group says Ocalan’s message has their ‘full support’
Candar, who followed the PKK-Turkey conflict as a journalist and writer for decades and wrote a book about the history of the group and previous peace efforts, said Ocalan’s message is not a ...
The Irish Times28d
Jailed Kurdish leader calls for PKK to ‘disarm, dissolve’ after four-decade campaign that has cost 40,000 lives
Imprisoned Turkish Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan has commanded the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) to disarm and dissolve, potentially ending a four-decade insurgency against Ankara that spilt into ...
Middle East Eye28d
What's next after Ocalan's order to disband PKK?
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader, Abdullah Ocalan, issued an order on Thursday for the group he founded to disband and disarm. His announcement was largely welcomed by Turkish political ...