Middle East Institute4d
The national dialogue in Syria: A step forward or a concerning trajectory?
Syria's national dialogue, held in Damascus at the end of February, was intended to chart the country's future, one that ...
Abdullah Öcalan: Rebel without arms
The HIndu profiles on Abdullah Öcalan, former PKK leader, calls for peace and dissolution of the group after decades of ...
PKK accepts Öcalan’s call to end armed struggle
The bitter experiences of the past century have proved that a progressive solution to the Kurdish question, which is ...
Imprisoned leader of PKK issues call for his supporters to lay down their arms
Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has issued a surprising call for his supporters ...
Inter Press Service4d
Öcalan’s Letter: Between Dismay and the Kurds’ Need to Believe
The PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) should dissolve. I make this call and take historical responsibility,” read the letter ...
Bianet3h
Bahçeli changes tune on PKK ceasefire announcement
The MHP leader labeled the PKK's announcement "not appropriate," departing his previous idea that it would "benefit everyone.
Öcalan calls on Kurdish PKK to lay down arms and dissolve itself
Ocalan repudiated the “extreme nationalist deviation” of seeking a separate Kurdish state, insisting that the Kurdish ...
Ahram Online4d
The Öcalan coup
The iconic leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Abdullah Öcalan, has urged the militant group to lay down arms ...
The Blogs | The Times of Israel8d
Why Öcalan’s Call Presents Historical Opportunities and Risks for Turkey’s Kurds
These meetings culminated in Öcalan’s February 27 statement, in which he urged his organization to lay down arms and abandon ...
ThePrint on MSN5dOpinion
Abdullah Öcalan’s appeal won’t end Türkiye’s long war with Kurdish minority
There’s a reason to be sceptical about Abdullah Öcalan's call for peace. Efforts to end the fighting in 1993, 1995-1996, and ...