Abdullah_Ocalan - PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan

PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan

WAP99062999 - 29 JUNE 1999 - - ANKARA, TURKEY: PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, seen here in a February 17 photo aboard a jet on his way to Turkey was sentenced to death today by a Turkish court. Ocalan was arrested at the Greek Embassy in Kenya and is blamed for a decades-old Kurdish rebel movement that is alleged to have killed thousands in Turkey. iw/ho/ UPI


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PKK leader Ocalan gets company in prison
ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Turkey transferred five prisoners to the detention facility on Imrali Island housing Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.
ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- High-ranking members of Kurdish separatist groups in Iraq are expected to surrender to Turkish authorities in the coming days as part of a reconciliation plan.
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party on Friday asked the ruling party in Ankara to hold talks following accusations they were undermining reconciliation.
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party is making a political move to sideline his rivals with so-called peace groups, a former rebel leader said.
Ankara halts PKK returns
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Turkish leaders announced they were reconsidering the way forward on a Kurdish initiative following the return of rebels from their camps in northern Iraq.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Washington supports efforts by the Turkish government to reconcile its differences with the Kurdish minority, U.S. State Department officials said.
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Several members of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, turned themselves in to Turkish authorities at the request of their leader Abdullah Ocalan.
ANKARA, Turkey, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- The terrorist legacy of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party prevents it from a "legalized future" in the Turkish political system, a report said.
ANKARA, Turkey, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- It is unclear whether the Kurdistan Workers' Party is serious about disarming as Ankara aims to find a political solution to the Kurdish question, analysts say.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A roadmap to resolving the Kurdish insurgency in Turkey by imprisoned guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan may determine the future of the movement, experts say.
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