Peace – the end of the beginning? – last week in Kurdish news
Sarah Glynn On Thursday, Abdullah Öcalan’s long-expected peace statement was finally delivered to the public: not as a video, but ...
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Global media reflects on fears and hopes surrounding Öcalan’s call for peace
Global media reacted to imprisoned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan’s historic call from behind the walls of İmralı ...
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EU calls Öcalan’s disarmament appeal a ‘historic step’ towards democracy and peace in Turkey
The European Union has welcomed the call by Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), for ...
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Die Linke’s co-chair calls for Öcalan’s release, urges German government to lift PKK ban
Jan van Aken, the co-chair of Germany’s Left Party (Die Linke), has urged the German government to take concrete steps ...
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If PKK dissolves, Turkey will ‘break free from shackles’, says senior AKP official – maintaining Ankara’s official rhetoric
Turkey will “break free from its shackles” if the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) accepts Abdullah Öcalan’s call and dissolves itself, ...
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PKK urged to dissolve as Öcalan takes responsibility for new era of peace
The historic call from imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, the founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), has just been ...
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