Now, the group’s imprisoned founder, Abdullah Ocalan, has called on Kurdish fighters to lay down their arms and they have declared a cease-fire. It is still unclear, however, whether 40 years of ...

Who Is Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish Militant Leader Urging Peace With Turkey? By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The 75-year-old militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has spent a quarter of a century ...

Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his militant group on Thursday to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a new bid to end a four-decade long conflict that has claimed tens of ...

Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdish insurgent group P.K.K., called on his fighters to lay down their arms after decades of battling the Turkish state. By Safak Timur and Ben Hubbard Safak ...

Revelers danced in the street in the city of Qamishli and waved flags featuring Ocalan’s portrait alongside the Kurdish flag. “We welcome the historic announcement by Leader Abdullah Ocalan ...

ISTANBUL, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The 75-year-old militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has spent a quarter of a century in jail after leading his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to take up arms against the ...