Abdullah Öcalan

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AP’s Turkey Archive from the Capture of Deniz Gezmiş to 1999 Marmara Earthquake

AP’s Turkey Archive from the Capture of Deniz Gezmiş to 1999 Marmara Earthquake

bianet compiled 13 videos from AP’s archive: the moment when Deniz Gezmiş was captured, 1980 Coup d’état, Erdoğan’s imprisonment, police violence in 1990s and others…

İmralı Delegation: Resolution Process isn’t a Matter of Negotiation

İmralı Delegation: Resolution Process isn’t a Matter of Negotiation

İmralı Delegation stated obstacles should be removed to negotiate with the PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan and resolution process should be a state policy of new government.

Arınç: Our President Might Be Deformed By His Words

Arınç: Our President Might Be Deformed By His Words

“One of the steps to make concerning the resolution process is to form a monitoring committee. We have a roadmap,” Vice PM Bülent Arınç said as he spoke positively on Öcalan’s Newroz message.

Öcalan's Newroz Message

Öcalan's Newroz Message

"To get over the 90 years Rebuclic history which is full of conflicts, we are walking to future with knitted real peace and universal democratic criterias" Öcalan said in his letter read during the Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır.

PKK Leader to Have a “Secretariat”

PKK Leader to Have a “Secretariat”

5 inmates convicted to life sentence within PKK case is reportedly to serve as the secretariat of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan in the upcoming days of Turkey’s resolution process.

HDP: Observation Council Members Not Finalized

HDP: Observation Council Members Not Finalized

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) released a statement denying the allegations that party officials’ meeting with Vice PM Yalçın Akdoğan didn’t finalize on the number and names of Observation Council members to the resolution of Turkey’s Kurdish problem.

KCK: First Resolution, Laying Down Arms Later

KCK: First Resolution, Laying Down Arms Later

KCK Executive Council Co-Chair Cemil Bayık urged the Turkish government to take concrete steps on the resolution before they could lay down arms.

Stakeholder Reactions to Öcalan’s 10 Measures to Resolution

Stakeholder Reactions to Öcalan’s 10 Measures to Resolution

Several stakeholders of Turkey’s resolution process reacted to PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan called for a PKK congress in spring to decide on quitting arms and 10 measures. Here is a compilation by bianet English.

Öcalan Urges PKK Congress to Decide Quitting Arms, Introduces 10 Measures

Öcalan Urges PKK Congress to Decide Quitting Arms, Introduces 10 Measures

Turkish ministers and Kurdish politicians announced that PKK leader appealed to a congress that will decide on leaving arms. Öcalan also introduced 10 measures including a new constitution that would “internalize the resolution of democratic steps and transformations.

Kurdish Delegation Heads to Qandil Mountain

Kurdish Delegation Heads to Qandil Mountain

Following a visit to Vice PM Yalçın Akdoğan, the delegation on the resolution of Kurdish problem in Turkey headed over to Qandil Montain in Northern Iraq - the headquarters of PKK.

13 February 2015

Öcalan: HDP Can Pass Election Threshold

Öcalan: HDP Can Pass Election Threshold

Meeting with the Kurdish delegation in Imrali Prison, PKK leader Öcalan said that Peoples’ Democratic Party could pass the election threshold of 10 percent if it regarded societal representations.

6 February 2015

Extended Delegation Sets to Imralı Island

Extended Delegation Sets to Imralı Island

The new extended delegation to Resolution Process set to İmralı Island to meet PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan.

4 February 2015

Önder Explains Negotiation Process Draft

Önder Explains Negotiation Process Draft

Sırrı Süreyya Önder from HDP’s delegation to the resolution process announced the highlights from “Peace and Democratic Negotiation Process Draft” by PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan.

1 December 2014

Resolution Process Advances With New Bodies

Resolution Process Advances With New Bodies

HDP Group Interim Co-Chair Buldan announced that the resolution process would continue with a 5-member delegation to Imralı Prison, an observation council and a new secretariat - a participation of 25 to 30 officials in total.

21 November 2014

“If Negotiations Will Start, They Will Not Be Spread Through Years”

“If Negotiations Will Start, They Will Not Be Spread Through Years”

HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş said that Öcalan is likely to make a demilitarization appeal to PKK forces to be effectuated by April 2015, providing that the negotiations with Turkey will result in an agreement.

14 November 2014

HDP Releases Statement on Resolution Process

HDP Releases Statement on Resolution Process

People’s Democratic Party deputies Buldan, Baluken and Önder released a statement on the current situation of Turkey’s resolution process witk PKK and the steps to take in the future.

13 November 2014

Turkey’s Wise People Decide to Meet Öcalan

Turkey’s Wise People Decide to Meet Öcalan

24 members of Turkey’s People, a delegation to for the resolution of Kurdish issue, took a decision to initiate a meeting with PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan.

17 October 2014 Nilay Vardar

Öcalan: Not Only Rojavans, But All Kurds Must Resist

Öcalan: Not Only Rojavans, But All Kurds Must Resist

Meeting with his attorney Mazlum Dinç yesterday on Imrali Island, PKK leader gave the following message: “Regarding the attacks on ISIS, all Kurds must adapt themselves to the conditions of this highly intense war”.

23 September 2014

“Talks With PKK Stakeholders in Qandil Are Inevitable”

“Talks With PKK Stakeholders in Qandil Are Inevitable”

Reminding that talks between Turkish and PKK stakeholders located in Qandil Mountain have long been anticipated, Prof. Dr. Erol Katırcıoğlu told bianet that it would be significant to support returning PKK guerrillas.

21 August 2014 Nilay Vardar

Constitutional Court: Öcalan's Right Was Violated

Constitutional Court: Öcalan's Right Was Violated

Constitutional Court ruled that Öcalan's right was violated when his book was seized and burnt in the process of publishing.

PKK: “We Must Talk Directly With Öcalan”

PKK: “We Must Talk Directly With Öcalan”

PKK Executive Council Member Duran Kalkan said BDP and HDP are not their representatives, that they no longer have faith in the İmralı talks, and that nobody can convince the guerrilla anymore unless they speak with Öcalan.

First Statements After Taking Down of Turkey’s Flag

First Statements After Taking Down of Turkey’s Flag

Following the taking down of Turkey’s flag by a child protestor in the southeastern and predominantly Kurdish populated district of Lice, President Abdullah Gül, PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan released statements.

Nobel Committee Releases Statement on Öcalan's ''Candidacy''

Nobel Committee Releases Statement on Öcalan's ''Candidacy''

The Nobel Peace Prize Committee released a statement saying that they were unable to confirm whether a candidate is admitted for the prize.

Newroz Joy Overflows Into the Sea

Newroz Joy Overflows Into the Sea

The city of Istanbul experienced one of its most crowded Newroz celebrations in the recent years with demonstrators extending up to the waterfront in the massive Kazlıçeşme square. Those who participated in the celebration expressed their hopes about Turkey’s resolution process.

24 March 2014 Nilay Vardar

Turkey to Pay 25,000 Euros to Öcalan

Turkey to Pay 25,000 Euros to Öcalan

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan’s “aggravated” life sentence violated the convention article related to “prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment”.

19 March 2014 Ayça Söylemez

Buldan: We Will Forward KCK’s Response to Öcalan

Buldan: We Will Forward KCK’s Response to Öcalan

BDP delegation returned from Qandil Mountain with a 7 page letter written by KCK administration to Öcalan.

27 January 2014

Öcalan’s New Photos Released

Öcalan’s New Photos Released

PKK leader Öcalan’s new photos have been released as he met BDP Co-Chair Demirtaş and BDP Group Interim Chair Pervin Buldan on Imrali Island.

24 December 2013

BDP Urges Facebook to Have A Democratic Reform

BDP Urges Facebook to Have A Democratic Reform

Peace and Democracy Party Youth Assembly informed that their Facebook page has recently been closed down.

19 December 2013

Press Conference Allegations on Imralı Island

Press Conference Allegations on Imralı Island

Turkish authorities will enable journalists, NGO representatives and Wise People Delegates to meet Abdullah Öcalan on Imrali Island, Milliyet newspaper claimed.

15 November 2013

BDP Responses to Government’s Imrali Remarks

BDP Responses to Government’s Imrali Remarks

BDP Group Interim Chairperson Buldan told bianet on the recent remarks of Justice Minister Ergin on the off-listing of Imrali visitors who criticized the peace process.

4 November 2013 Yüce Yöney

“Öcalan will Comment on Reforms on October 15”

“Öcalan will Comment on Reforms on October 15”

“The government’s new reform package doesn’t concern us. I will comment on the issue on October 15,” said PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan to his brother who visited him in Imrali Prison.

“Sayın Öcalan” Ruled as FoE

ECHR VERDICT

“Sayın Öcalan” Ruled as FoE

ECHR found the Turkish State guilty of violating freedom of expression for having used the word “sayin” while mentioning Öcalan – PKK leader.

1 October 2013 Ayça Söylemez

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