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In Rare Video, Jailed Kurdish Leader Declares an End to Armed Struggle
In the first footage of him to be released publicly in 25 years, Abdullah Ocalan said the P.K.K. insurgency against Turkey ...
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Jailed PKK leader urges militant group to disarm before peace ceremony with Turkey
In a seven-minute video message broadcast on media close to the militants, Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdistan ...
Jailed Kurdish militant leader urges PKK fighters to disarm before a symbolic peace ceremony
ANKARA, Turkey -- The jailed leader of a Kurdish militant group renewed Wednesday a call for his fighters to lay down their arms, days before a symbolic disarmament ceremony is expected to take place ...
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Pro-Kurdish party in Turkey announces planned PKK disarmament in Iraq
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party says the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will take a first formal step toward disarmament on ...
Jailed PKK leader urges Kurdish militants to disarm before symbolic peace ceremony
In the first footage of him to be released publicly since 1999, Abdullah Ocalan declared that the PKK's armed struggle ...
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Turkish President Erdogan Cracks Down on the Opposition Party
The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor and purge of the opposition marks a dangerous shift in Turkey’s democracy, threatening political pluralism, press freedom, and economic stability as Erdogan consolidates ...