Talks to end Turkey's war with PKK sees Kurdish politicians met …
Jan 13, 2025 · The cautious process was initiated in October by Devlet Bahceli, a firebrand ultranationalist who has usually opposed any concessions to Kurdish identity or rights. ... The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has waged an armed insurgency against Turkey since 1984, initially with the aim of establishing a Kurdish state in the southeast of the ...
What to Know About the Latest Effort to Bring an End to Turkey's …
Jan 13, 2025 · The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has waged an armed insurgency against Turkey since 1984, initially with the aim of establishing a Kurdish state in the southeast of the country.
Turkey’s outlawed Kurdish rebel leader is back - POLITICO
Oct 24, 2024 · Devlet Bahçeli — a political veteran and close ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — called Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), to the Turkish legislature in order to publicly announce the group’s dissolution and to lay down arms.
The Kurdish Issue Revisited: Türkiye’s Complex Road to Peace
Nov 26, 2024 · Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), a political party deeply rooted in Turkish nationalism, recently made a groundbreaking call to invite Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), to …
Turkey's imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader says he is willing to work ...
Dec 29, 2024 · Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of Turkey’s banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has said that he is willing to contribute to peace between Turks and Kurds, according to the pro-Kurdish DEM party.
Ankara’s Surprising Offer to the Imprisoned PKK Leader
Oct 24, 2024 · In an unexpected move on Tuesday, Turkish far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli called on Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned chief of the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK), to renounce terrorism and declare the dissolution of the PKK at the Turkish parliament.
Turkey: Erdogan’s nationalist ally invites jailed PKK leader Ocalan …
Oct 22, 2024 · Turkish nationalist leader Devlet Bahceli on Tuesday invited Abdullah Ocalan, the longtime imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), to make an appearance in parliament and...
Turkey to allow pro-Kurdish party to visit jailed militant leader
Dec 27, 2024 · Turkey has decided to allow parliament's pro-Kurdish DEM Party to hold face-to-face talks with militant leader Abdullah Ocalan on his island prison, the party said on Friday, setting up...
Turkey: What's behind Erdogan's outreach to Kurds?
Nov 20, 2024 · When Devlet Bahceli, chairman of the ultra-nationalist Nationalist Movement Party, or MHP party, shook hands with politicians from the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), the...
Turkey's Erdogan offers the Kurds an olive branch wrapped in a …
Dec 31, 2024 · Just over two months ago, on October 22, a political bombshell was thrown in Turkey. At a parliamentary meeting, the leader of the right-wing Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Devlet Bahceli, proposed allowing the leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving a lifetime prison sentence, to appear before Parliament and announced that "terrorism has been eradicated ...