Abdullah Öcalan (/ ˈoʊdʒəlɑːn / OH-jə-lahn; [10] Turkish: [œdʒaɫan]; born 4 April 1948 or 1949), also known as Apo[10][11] (short for Abdullah in Turkish; Kurdish for "uncle"), [12][13] is a founding member of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). [14][15] Öcalan was based in Syria from 1979 to 1998. [16] .

Jan 13, 2025 · Abdullah Öcalan (born April 4, 1948, Ömerli, Turkey) is the leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a militant Kurdish nationalist organization, who became widely known as the strongest advocate for Kurdish sovereignty.

Oct 24, 2024 · Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan, jailed 25 years ago, is again a focus of attention in Turkey after President Tayyip Erdogan's nationalist ally raised the possibility of his release...

Feb 4, 2025 · Turkey's pro-Kurdish political party said on Tuesday that Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the PKK militant group, will make a "historic call" soon, amid a political effort to end its...

Abdullah Öcalan has been imprisoned on İmralı Island in the Sea of Marmara since February 1999. He is serving a life sentence for violating Article 125 of the Turkish Penal Code. [1] . Initially, he was sentenced to death, [1] but the conviction was …

Dec 31, 2024 · In a message sent back with his visitors, two lawmakers from the pro-Kurd opposition DEM party, Ocalan -- the man who embodies the decades-long Kurdish rebellion against the Turkish government --...

Abdullah Öcalan (/ˈoʊdʒəlɑːn/ OH-jə-lahn), also known as Apo ("Uncle" in Kurdish), is a Kurdish political theorist. He is one of the founders and the current leader (even though he is in prison) of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which fights against the Turkish government for independence of Turkish Kurdistan.

A founding member of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan was born in a Kurdish Turkish village in 1948. Öcalan is often referred to as Apo (Kurdish for Uncle) in popular Kurdish culture. His face and name are a symbol for the Kurdish movement, despite the fact that he has been imprisoned by Turkey since 1999 for his role in the PKK.

The trial of Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), began on 31 May 1999 and concluded on 29 June with a death sentence for treason and separatism. Öcalan was captured in February 1999 in Nairobi, Kenya and extradited to Turkey. He was imprisoned on the İmralı island in the Sea of Marmara.

Oct 10, 2024 · On February 15, 1999, Turkish forces captured Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), in Kenya. Afterward, the Turkish government placed him in Imrali Island Prison with a life sentence.