Abdullah Ocalan
Lebanese Kurds wave the Kurdish flag and flag picturing Kurdish rebel chief Abdullah Ocalan as they celebrate Noruz in the capital, Beirut, on March 21, 2013. The Persian New Year is an ancient Zoroastrian tradition celebrated by Iranians and Kurds which coincides with the vernal (spring) equinox and is calculated by the solar calender.
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Kurdish rebel leader hopeful for peace
-- Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan says he hopes peace talks with Turkey will succeed.Ocalan's message was read by Kurdish legislators who met him on his prison island off Istanbul on Sunday. Earlier in the week, these lawmakers also met with Kurdish Read more »
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Turkey Analysis: Beyond the Car Bombs --- The Kurdish Question, Iraq, and the Next Moves on Syria
for the Erdogan government is the ongoing peace drive with the Kurdish leadership, including imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. So the question is not just whether the events in Reyhanli complicated Turkey's position inside Syria but also whether they from Enduring America Read more »
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Kurdish peace process: The latest phase of de-securitisation politics
Kurdish peace process initiated through negotiations between the Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) incarcerated leader, Abdullah Ocalan, and the chief of Turkey's National Intelligence Organisation (MIT), Hakan Fidan. So far, the process has progressed smoothly. from Al Jazeera Read more »
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Sheer Savagery: Terrorist Eats Syrian Soldier’s Heart
fighters began leaving their positions in southeast Turkey last week following a March ceasefire declared by jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan to end a conflict that has killed 40,000 people, ravaged the region’s economy and opened Turkey to accusations of human from Iran Daily Read more »
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PKK deal may worry Iran and Syria
full support for Turkey's war with the PKK. In a bid to retaliate against the shifting position of the Syrian government, Abdullah Ocalan decided, in the last few days of his stay in Syria, to establish a separate Kurdish group to fight against the Syrian from BBC News Read more »
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PKK move good for Turkey, EU envoy says
by its Kurdish initials PKK, started a phased withdrawal Wednesday. The departure follows talks between jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan and Turkish authorities. Ripert said the decision to reach out to the PKK leader was a "courageous" step by the Turkish from United Press International Read more »
