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.

Abdullah Öcalan (/ ˈ oʊ dʒ əl ɑː n / OH-jə-lahn; [10] Turkish:; 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).

Feb 4, 2025 · On October 23, Ömer Öcalan, Abdullah Öcalan’s nephew (who is also a member of parliament for the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party, DEM), was able to see him on the Turkish prison island of Imrali as part of a “family visit.” This marked an end to forty-three months of isolation, during which time no sign that Öcalan was alive ...

阿卜杜拉·奥贾兰（土耳其語： Abdullah Öcalan ，土耳其語發音： [ød͡ʒalan] ；1948年4月4日 — ），库尔德斯坦工人党的主要创始人之一，民主邦联主义的创立者。

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 in ...

Abdullah Öcalan is a Kurdish political leader seen by millions of Kurds globally as their poli tical representative. In February 1999, he was abducted in an international intelligence operation and sent to Turkey. He has been in prison ever since, barred from …

Amid a unilateral ceasefire, Turkey, assisted by NATO, threatened Syria with war, forcing Abdullah Öcalan to leave Syria. Öcalan headed for Europe to promote a political solution to the Kurdish question.

Abdullah Öcalan is a Kurdish militant who, as leader of the Workers' Party of Kurdistan (PKK), led an armed campaign against the Turkish government until his capture and imprisonment in 1999. PERSONAL HISTORY

Abdullah Öcalan, also known as “Apo,” is a person whose name is at the heart of a controversy, globally, and particularly in Turkey about what he is – a thinker, a philosopher, a freedom fighter, a civil rights activist or a “terrorist.” Born on April 4, 1948, in Mardin Province of Southeast Turkey/

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 .