{"id":248061,"date":"2025-02-27T16:12:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T16:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/jailed-kurdish-leader-abdullah-ocalan-urges-pkk-to-disarm-as-part-of-turkey-peace-effort\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T16:12:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T16:12:04","slug":"jailed-kurdish-leader-abdullah-ocalan-urges-pkk-to-disarm-as-part-of-turkey-peace-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/jailed-kurdish-leader-abdullah-ocalan-urges-pkk-to-disarm-as-part-of-turkey-peace-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"Jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan urges PKK to disarm as part of Turkey peace effort"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/22\/12\/1920x1080\/skynews-france-protests_6005431.jpg?20221224125311&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan urges PKK to disarm as part of Turkey peace effort\" title=\"Jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan urges PKK to disarm as part of Turkey peace effort\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan has called on his militant group to disarm as part of a fresh bid to end a decades-long conflict with the Turkish state.<\/p>\n<p>In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul, Ocalan said the Kurdistan Workers&#8217; Party (PKK) should hold a congress and formally agree to disband.<\/p>\n<p>Ocalan told members to &#8220;lay their arms&#8221; and said the PKK &#8220;must dissolve itself&#8221;, according to a message relayed by pro-Kurdish politicians who visited him on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>His intervention comes amid a new effort to establish peace between the militant group and the Turkish state.<\/p>\n<p>The peace bid was initiated in October by President <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/recep-tayyip-erdogan-6463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Recep Tayyip Erdogan<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s coalition partner, Devlet Bahceli.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the deal, Ocalan could be granted parole if the PKK were to renounce violence and disband.<\/p>\n<p>Ocalan, 75, continues to have significant influence over the PKK, despite having been imprisoned in 1999 after he was convicted of treason.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more from Sky News:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/mike-amesbury-mp-jailed-for-punching-constituent-in-street-walks-free-after-appealing-against-prison-sentence-13317984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP jailed for punching constituent walks free after appeal<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/oscar-winning-actor-gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-at-santa-fe-home-with-their-dog-13317861\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman found dead with wife and dog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/download-app\" target=\"blank\" data-tracking-label=\"ui-app-promo-download-link\" class=\"ui-app-promo sdc-article-widget\" data-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"ui-app-promo\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The PKK was founded by Ocalan in 1978 and has led an insurgency in Turkey&#8217;s south-east region since 1984.<\/p>\n<p>Considered a terrorist organisation by Turkey and its Western allies, previous peace efforts with the PKK have ended in failure.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the latest peace efforts, Mr Erdogan&#8217;s government has widened a crackdown on the opposition, arresting journalists and politicians.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/jailed-kurdish-leader-abdullah-ocalan-urges-pkk-to-disarm-as-part-of-turkey-peace-effort-13318149\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan has called on his militant group to disarm as part of a fresh bid to end a decades-long conflict with the Turkish state. In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul, Ocalan said the Kurdistan Workers&#8217; Party (PKK) should hold a congress and formally agree to disband. 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