Abdullah Öcalan (/ ˈoʊdʒəlɑːn / OH-jə-lahn; [9] Turkish: [œdʒaɫan]; born 4 April 1949), also known as Apo[9][10] (short for Abdullah in Turkish; Kurdish for "uncle"), [11][12] is a founding member of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). [13][14] Öcalan was based in …

Jan 13, 2025 · Abdullah Öcalan (born April 4, 1948, Ömerli, Turkey) is the leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a militant Kurdish nationalist organization, who became widely known as the strongest advocate for Kurdish sovereignty.

Oct 24, 2024 · Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan, jailed 25 years ago, is again a focus of attention in Turkey after President Tayyip Erdogan's nationalist ally raised the possibility of his release in...

Abdullah Öcalan has been imprisoned on İmralı Island in the Sea of Marmara since February 1999. He is serving a life sentence for violating Article 125 of the Turkish Penal Code. [1] . Initially, he was sentenced to death, [1] but the conviction was …

The trial of Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), began on 31 May 1999 and concluded on 29 June with a death sentence for treason and separatism.

Dec 29, 2024 · Devlet Bahçeli — a political veteran and close ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — in October invited Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), to the Turkish legislature in order to publicly announce the group’s dissolution and to lay down arms.

Dec 29, 2024 · The jailed leader of Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, has been quoted as indicating he may be prepared to call for militants to lay down arms, after a key...

Oct 24, 2024 · Devlet Bahçeli — a political veteran and close ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — called Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), to the Turkish legislature in order to publicly announce the group’s dissolution and to lay down arms.

Abdullah Öcalan is a Kurdish militant who, as leader of the Workers' Party of Kurdistan (PKK), led an armed campaign against the Turkish government until his capture and imprisonment in 1999.

Abdullah Öcalan (/ˈoʊdʒəlɑːn/ OH-jə-lahn), also known as Apo ("Uncle" in Kurdish), is a Kurdish political theorist. He is one of the founders and the current leader (even though he is in prison) of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which fights against the Turkish government for independence of Turkish Kurdistan.