held in near total isolation since 1999, more freedoms so he can lead a disarmament process, adding that the necessary political and democratic conditions must be established for it to succeed. A ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Senior officials from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish political party were set to meet with Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, on Thursday, as part of ...

SDF commander Mazloum Abdi says he welcomes Israeli support to protect Kurdish achievements, as regional tensions and ...

Ocalan, 75, has been imprisoned on the island of Imrali, off Istanbul, since 1999, after being convicted ... and waved flags featuring Ocalan’s portrait alongside the Kurdish flag.

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, March 21, 2018, a youth holds a flag with ... by the pro-Kurdish party officials and other inmates was displayed as the message was being read.