By Akin Nazli in Belgrade The “messengers” of Abdullah Ocalan, the long-imprisoned founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), on February 27 called a surprise press conference after visiting the 75-year-old on the Turkish prison island where he is held.

A delegation of Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party visited jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan on Thursday in his island prison, where he was expected to give them a statement that Ankara hopes will pave the way for his outlawed group to disarm.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire on Saturday in what could mark a significant boost to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government, two days after their imprisoned leader called for the group to disarm.

The landmark call on February 27, 2025 to end a decades-long armed insurgency against the Turkish state should be a catalyst to end its abusive use of terrorism charges to criminalize and silence government critics including politicians,

Pro-Kurdish politicians are meeting the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, as part of renewed peace efforts

delegation members release an statement from the jailed leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, center at the background photo, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File) A Kurdish woman ...

In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul, Ocalan said the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, should hold a congress and decide to disband. “Convene your congress and make a decision.

In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul on Thursday, Ocalan said the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, should hold a congress and decide to disband. "Convene your congress and make ...

Jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan called Thursday for his militant group to lay down its arms and disband as part of a new attempt to end a four-decade conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives, the Associated Press reported.

A delegation from Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party left Thursday to meet jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan who was to make a "historic declaration" on ending the decades-long conflict with the state."If everything goes smoothly,

All Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria, including U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish forces, must lay down their weapons after the peace call from the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK),