Abdullah Öcalan - Wikipedia
WEBWith his 2005 "Declaration of Democratic Confederalism in Kurdistan", Öcalan advocated for a Kurdish implementation of Bookchin's The Ecology of Freedom via municipal assemblies as a democratic confederation of Kurdish communities beyond the state borders of Syria, Iran, Iraq, and Turkey.
Kurdistan Workers' Party - Wikipedia
WEBFollowing several years of preparation, the Kurdistan Workers Party was established during a foundation congress on 26 and 27 November 1978 in the rural village of Fîs. On 27 November 1978, [70] a central committee consisting of seven people was elected, with Abdullah Öcalan as its head.
CNN.com - Who is Abdullah Ocalan? - November 20, 2000
WEBNov 20, 2000 · To the majority of the Turkish people, Abdullah Ocalan is a child murderer and terrorist whose violent campaign for Kurdish autonomy threatens the very foundation of modern-day...
Ocalan case: Triumph or test of Turkish policy on Kurds?
WEBNov 20, 2000 · When Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan was arrested and then tried on a prison island some 35 miles south of Istanbul, it was a moment of triumph for Turks: here was Turkey's most-wanted man being...
Abdullah Ocalan: A bridge between Kurds and Turks?
WEBFeb 4, 2013 · Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the PKK, has been held in an island prison off Istanbul since 1999. By James Reynolds. BBC News, Istanbul. For decades, the islands on the Sea of Marmara...
The Ocalan Affair: What's Next? | The Washington Institute
WEBFeb 24, 1999 · The arrest of Abdullah Ocalan is a U.S. victory in the global war against terrorism; for elated Turks, it is the equivalent of Israel's 1976 Entebbe rescue operation or the United Kingdom's 1982 Falklands victory -- a …
CNN.com - Kurdish leader challenges death sentence - November …
WEBNov 21, 2000 · The European Court of Human Rights is hearing an appeal by Kurdish guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan against his death sentence.
Profile: Abdullah Ocalan | News | Al Jazeera
WEBMar 21, 2013 · Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), was banished to his island prison 14 years ago, narrowly escaping the gallows. Greyer and tempered by long isolation, he now...
The Second Career of Abdullah Ocalan - The New York Times …
WEBNov 22, 2012 · In February 1999, Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (also known as the P.K.K.), was abducted from a hideout in Kenya and returned to Turkey. By the end of May, he was...
European court chides Turkey over Kurd leader Ocalan - BBC
WEBMar 18, 2014 · The European Court of Human Rights says Turkey has violated the rights of the Kurdish separatist leader Abdullah Ocalan, who has been imprisoned in an isolated island jail since 1999.