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Senior AKP member claims Demirtas called for unconditional PKK disarmament
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Senior AKP member claims Demirtas called for unconditional PKK disarmament

A senior member of Erdogan's ruling AKP party, following a meeting with imprisoned Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas, claims Demirtas advocated for the unconditional disarmament of the PKK.

2025/03/08
Turkey demands PKK in northern Iraq to disarm immediately
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Turkey demands PKK in northern Iraq to disarm immediately

Turkey on Thursday insisted the PKK and all groups allied with it must disarm and disband “immediately”, a week after a historic call by the Kurdish militant group’s jailed founder.

2025/03/07
PKK Leader Ocalan calls on PKK to disarm and dissolve
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PKK Leader Ocalan calls on PKK to disarm and dissolve

Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), on Feb. 27 called on the PKK to dissolve and disarm following the government’s new initiative. 

2025/02/27
Kurdish-Turkish peace process and its regional implications
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Kurdish-Turkish peace process and its regional implications

Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Abdullah Ocalan’s new initiative to end the five-decade-long conflict in Turkey seems serious.

2025/02/27
Ocalan will ask the PKK to disarm: Nechirvan Barzani
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Ocalan will ask the PKK to disarm: Nechirvan Barzani

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani revealed on Wednesday that jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan will soon call on the armed group to disarm as peace talks with Turkey are expected to...

2025/02/26
Abdullah Ocalan's messages fuel Kurdish peace talk hopes
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Abdullah Ocalan's messages fuel Kurdish peace talk hopes

Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)'s imprisoned founder, has reportedly sent messages to three key parties, including the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern and eastern Syria, Kurdish leadership...

2025/02/18
Ozgur Ozel: Gaddafi and Saddam were also single-voiced and they fell
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Ozgur Ozel: Gaddafi and Saddam were also single-voiced and they fell

The leader of Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP), criticizing the gradual erosion of the separation of powers in Turkey, compared the ruling system to the regimes of Gaddafi and Saddam, attributing their downfall t...

2025/01/21
Turkey announces $14 billion regional development plan for Kurdish southeast
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Turkey announces $14 billion regional development plan for Kurdish southeast

Turkey announced on Sunday a $14 billion regional development plan that aims to reduce the economic gap between its mainly Kurdish southeast region and the rest of the country.

2024/12/29
Ocalan says strengthening Turk-Kurd brotherhood ‘historic responsibility’: pro-Kurdish party
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Ocalan says strengthening Turk-Kurd brotherhood ‘historic responsibility’: pro-Kurdish party

Jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan said the strengthening of Turkish-Kurdish ties is vital and that he is ready to contribute to the process, in a rare meeting with representatives of the People...

2024/12/29
Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party meets Abdullah Ocalan
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Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party meets Abdullah Ocalan

A delegation from Turkey's main pro-Kurdish DEM party on Saturday visited jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving life on a prison island off Istanbul, party officials said.

2024/12/29