On Friday, the government approved DEM's request to visit Ocalan, who founded the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) nearly half a century ago and has languished in solitary confinement since 1999.
Turkey regards the Syrian YPG as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants who have fought ... by the United States and controls territory in northeastern Syria.
Supporters of the DEM Party display flags with a portrait of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, in Istanbul, Turkiye [File: Umit Bektas/Reuters] Published On 27 Dec 202427 Dec 2024 Turkiye will ...
A delegation from Turkey's main pro-Kurdish DEM party is due on Saturday to visit jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving a life sentence on a prison island off Istanbul, a party source ...