Abdullah Öcalan: Rebel without arms
The HIndu profiles on Abdullah Öcalan, former PKK leader, calls for peace and dissolution of the group after decades of ...
Inter Press Service4d
Öcalan’s Letter: Between Dismay and the Kurds’ Need to Believe
The PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) should dissolve. I make this call and take historical responsibility,” read the letter ...
Mediapart1d
'A detox from patriarchy': how the emancipated women of Kurdish Syria are determined to keep their freedoms
The inhabitants of Syrian Kurdistan are surrounded by urgent threats and challenges: attacks from Turkish troops, the ...
Daily Sabah15h
‘Terror-free Türkiye’ leader renews call as PKK month away from end
Reports say the PKK will likely convene in Iraq next month for a final decision on dissolution as veteran politician Devlet ...
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 ...
Imprisoned leader of PKK issues call for his supporters to lay down their arms
Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has issued a surprising call for his supporters ...
Middle East Institute4d
The national dialogue in Syria: A step forward or a concerning trajectory?
Syria's national dialogue, held in Damascus at the end of February, was intended to chart the country's future, one that ...
Daily Sabah3d
Türkiye tells PKK to disarm immediately, dismisses 'cease-fire'
Defense Ministry sources said the deadline for the PKK terrorist group to disarm itself was 'immediately' and that the group ...
The Blogs | The Times of Israel7d
Why Öcalan’s Call Presents Historical Opportunities and Risks for Turkey’s Kurds
These meetings culminated in Öcalan’s February 27 statement, in which he urged his organization to lay down arms and abandon ...
Öcalan calls on Kurdish PKK to lay down arms and dissolve itself
Ocalan repudiated the “extreme nationalist deviation” of seeking a separate Kurdish state, insisting that the Kurdish ...
The Print on MSN4dOpinion
Abdullah Öcalan’s appeal won’t end Türkiye’s long war with Kurdish minority
There’s a reason to be sceptical about Abdullah Öcalan's call for peace. Efforts to end the fighting in 1993, 1995-1996, and ...