Omer Ocalan had previously submitted numerous applications to the justice ministry to see the PKK leader, but they were all rejected. Asked if the meeting was a family one or a political one ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - There will be no peace in the Middle East until the Kurdish issue is resolved, was a message from Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan when he last met ...

DEM's first meeting with Ocalan followed Bahceli's surprise proposal last year for Ocalan to announce the PKK's disbandment. The talks fostered peace hopes but the precarious situation of Kurdish ...

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's nationalist ally on Tuesday urged jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan to announce the group's disbandment after his next meeting ...

After that meeting, Ocalan was cited as indicating a willingness to call on the PKK to lay down arms. Two DEM sources told Reuters last week the party was now set to visit Ocalan again ...

The PKK's insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984 has led to some 40,000 deaths. Ocalan, imprisoned since 1999, still holds significant influence over Kurdish politics.

ANKARA, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party said it will send a delegation to meet Abdullah Ocalan, head of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in jail on Wednesday for a ...

Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Party to Meet Jailed PKK Leader Again Wednesday ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party said it will send a delegation to meet Abdullah Ocalan, head of the outlawed ...