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What to Know About Abdullah Ocalan and the Turkey-P.K.K. Conflict

After decades of fighting, the Kurdish group’s imprisoned leader is now calling for its fighters to put down their arms.

The New York Times - 11h

Who Is the P.K.K. Leader Abdullah Ocalan?

The founder of the P.K.K., a guerrilla organization that has been fighting an insurgency against Turkey for decades, has called for his group to disarm and disband.

The New York Times - 1h

Kurdish leader Ocalan issues message from prison, urging PKK to disarm to make peace with Turkey

Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan has called on his militant group to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a bid to end a four-decade long conflict that has claimed tens of thousands ...

ABC News - 1d

Ocalan Says PKK Fighters Should Disarm

Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdish insurgent group P.K.K., called on his fighters to lay down their arms after decades of battling the Turkish state.

The New York Times - 1d

Erdoğan crackdown spans Turkey’s mayors and an astrologer

President’s most prominent rival, journalists and a talent agent among scores swept up in prosecutions

Financial Times - 4d

Turkey’s jailed Kurdish leader calls for militants to disarm

Abdullah Öcalan urges PKK to lay down weapons after he meets opposition politicians in prison

Financial Times - 1d

Two business leaders in Turkey are questioned after they criticize the government

Prosecutors have questioned two Turkish business leaders after they delivered a scathing criticism of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government

ABC News - Feb. 19

U.S. lauds Kurdish leader's call for Turkey's PKK separatists to disarm

The PKK's decades-long Kurdish insurgency in Turkey has killed tens of thousands of people. Now its long-time leader says it's time to end the fight.

CBS News - 13h

Turkey-PKK Deal May Benefit Erdogan at Home and Abroad

The gambit could give the Turkish president a chance to extend his power, while also calming a conflict that threatens to undermine the new Syrian government.

The New York Times - 9h

Iraq says oil exports from Kurdish region by way of Turkey set to resume

Iraq’s oil ministry has announced the resumption of oil exports from northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region

ABC News - 6d

'We are still at war': Syria's Kurds battle Turkey months after Assad's fall

As Syria's interim leader plans its future, Kurds in the north-east are battling Turkish-backed forces.

BBC News - 3d

Hormel’s stock boosted by revenue beat, though challenges lie ahead with turkeys and nuts

The company said it continues to “recover from the snack nuts supply disruption” that impacted Planters nuts.

MarketWatch - 1d

Putin says US-Russia contacts give ‘hope’ amid talks in Turkey on restoring ties – as it happened

Russian president claims to FSB security service that ‘some western elites will try to undermine our dialogue’. Speaking at a press conference in Vienna, the Austrian People’s Party’s leader ...

The Guardian - 1d

Jailed Kurdish leader calls for PKK to disarm – in shift that could shake up Turkey and Middle East

Abdullah Öcalan’s message, which follows four decades of guerrilla warfare, will have far-reaching implications . The ageing leader of a Kurdish militant group imprisoned on a remote Turkish island ...