"All groups must lay down their arms and PKK must dissolve itself," he said in a declaration drawn up in his cell on Imrali prison island where he has been held in solitary confinement since 1999.

The jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party has called for the organisation to dissolve, ending its four-decade insurgency against the Turkish government. Photo shows New Year's Weather: Dark ...

Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has asked his followers in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down arms and dissolve the group, potentially ending a decades-long conflict with ...

In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul, Ocalan said that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, should hold a congress and decide to disband. “Convene your congress and make a ...

In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul, Ocalan said that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, should hold a congress and decide to disband. “Convene your congress and make a decision.

Turkey’s jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms on Thursday, February 27, Reuters reports. A delegation of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM ...

The DEM Party İmralı Delegation has begun the meeting at İmralı, where they will share PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan's statement. Before the meeting, the DEM Party released a photo of PKK leader Abdullah ...

In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul on Thursday, Ocalan said the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, should hold a congress and decide to disband. “Convene your congress and ...

Feb. 27 (UPI) --Abdullah Ocalan, imprisoned founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party known as PKK, sent a letter calling for the group to disarm and dissolve to make peace with Turkey. "I am making ...

In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul, Ocalan said the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, should hold a congress and decide to disband. “Convene your congress and make a decision.