Top Turkish far-right politician endorses imprisoned Kurdish leader Öcalan’s peace call
Devlet Bahçeli, leader of Turkey's far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and a key ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, ...
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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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A historical and scientific framework for a correct understanding of Öcalan’s call
Sinan Cudi On 27 February, we all listened to the historic call of Leader Apo . Hundreds of thousands of ...
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Italy’s former PM Massimo D’Alema praises Öcalan’s peace initiative
Following the release of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan's historic call for peace, Massimo D'Alema, the former Prime Minister of Italy, ...
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PKK declares ceasefire to pave way for realisation of Öcalan’s peace call
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Executive Council has issued a historic written statement announcing a ceasefire as of 1 March, ...
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Kurdish journalist Melek Avcı explains the impact of Öcalan’s historic call in Turkey
Kurdish journalist Melek Avcı of JinNews Agency, who was present yesterday when Abdullah Öcalan's historic call for peace was read ...
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German Left’s Van Aken urges Europe to aid Turkish-Kurdish dialogue, follows Öcalan’s peace call
Jan van Aken, co-chair of Germany's Die Linke (The Left), has shared his perspective on Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s historic ...
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Breaking the cycle of conflict: Why Öcalan’s appeal for peace matters now
Jurgen Klute is an ex-Die Linke representative to the European Parliament, and a columnist for Medya News. In this article, ...
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UN welcomes Öcalan’s call for PKK disarmament, as ‘glimmer of hope’
Reactions to the historic call of Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), who is currently imprisoned ...
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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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