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Syrian Army Secures Tishrin Dam as SDF Forces Withdraw - Syria

In northeast Syria on January 19, 2026, the Syrian Army officially took control of the Tishrin Dam, southeast of Manbij, following the withdrawal of Kurdish-led SDF units affiliated with the YPG/PKK. The deployment aims to secure critical infrastructure and restore state authority across the Jazira region. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrian Army Secures Tishrin Dam as SDF Forces Withdraw - Syria

In northeast Syria on January 19, 2026, the Syrian Army officially took control of the Tishrin Dam, southeast of Manbij, following the withdrawal of Kurdish-led SDF units affiliated with the YPG/PKK. The deployment aims to secure critical infrastructure and restore state authority across the Jazira region. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrian Army Secures Tishrin Dam as SDF Forces Withdraw - Syria

In northeast Syria on January 19, 2026, the Syrian Army officially took control of the Tishrin Dam, southeast of Manbij, following the withdrawal of Kurdish-led SDF units affiliated with the YPG/PKK. The deployment aims to secure critical infrastructure and restore state authority across the Jazira region. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrian Army Secures Tishrin Dam as SDF Forces Withdraw - Syria

In northeast Syria on January 19, 2026, the Syrian Army officially took control of the Tishrin Dam, southeast of Manbij, following the withdrawal of Kurdish-led SDF units affiliated with the YPG/PKK. The deployment aims to secure critical infrastructure and restore state authority across the Jazira region. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrian Government Forces Advance in Raqqa - Syria

In Raqqa, Syria on January 18, 2026, a convoy of Syrian Government forces is seen advancing through the region, treading over flags of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). This movement comes as government troops successfully take control of dozens of towns and villages across Northeast Syria following the withdrawal of Kurdish-led groups affiliated with the PKK.

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Syrian Government Forces Advance in Raqqa - Syria

In Raqqa, Syria on January 18, 2026, a convoy of Syrian Government forces is seen advancing through the region, treading over flags of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). This movement comes as government troops successfully take control of dozens of towns and villages across Northeast Syria following the withdrawal of Kurdish-led groups affiliated with the PKK.

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Thousands Protest Syrian Army Attacks in Diyarbakir - Turkey

Protesters carry a poster of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. In Diyarbakir, thousands of people protested the Syrian Army’s attacks on the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods, which are predominantly populated by Kurds. The demonstration, organized following a call by the Democratic Institutions Platform, demanded an immediate halt to the attacks against Kurds and called on the international community and human rights organizations to take action. Photo by Bilal Seckin/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration to demand the release of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan - Paris

Demonstration organized by the CDKF (Kurdish Democratic Council France) to demand the release of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the PKK, detained in Turkey since 1999. Paris, France, on October 11, 2025. Photo by Ait Adjedjou Karim/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration to demand the release of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan - Paris

Demonstration organized by the CDKF (Kurdish Democratic Council France) to demand the release of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the PKK, detained in Turkey since 1999. Paris, France, on October 11, 2025. Photo by Ait Adjedjou Karim/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration to demand the release of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan - Paris

Demonstration organized by the CDKF (Kurdish Democratic Council France) to demand the release of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the PKK, detained in Turkey since 1999. Paris, France, on October 11, 2025. Photo by Ait Adjedjou Karim/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration to demand the release of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan - Paris

Demonstration organized by the CDKF (Kurdish Democratic Council France) to demand the release of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the PKK, detained in Turkey since 1999. Paris, France, on October 11, 2025. Photo by Ait Adjedjou Karim/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration to demand the release of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan - Paris

Berivan Firat, spokesperson for external relations of the CDKF during a demonstration organized by the CDKF (Kurdish Democratic Council France) to demand the release of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the PKK, detained in Turkey since 1999. Paris, France, on October 11, 2025. Photo by Ait Adjedjou Karim/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration to demand the release of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan - Paris

Demonstration organized by the CDKF (Kurdish Democratic Council France) to demand the release of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the PKK, detained in Turkey since 1999. Paris, France, on October 11, 2025. Photo by Ait Adjedjou Karim/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration to demand the release of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan - Paris

Berivan Firat, spokesperson for external relations of the CDKF Danielle Simonnet, ECOLOGY AND SOCIAL MP, member of the APRES movement during a demonstration organized by the CDKF (Kurdish Democratic Council France) to demand the release of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the PKK, detained in Turkey since 1999. Paris, France, on October 11, 2025. Photo by Ait Adjedjou Karim/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration to demand the release of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan - Paris

Demonstration organized by the CDKF (Kurdish Democratic Council France) to demand the release of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the PKK, detained in Turkey since 1999. Paris, France, on October 11, 2025. Photo by Ait Adjedjou Karim/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration to demand the release of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan - Paris

Danielle Simonnet, ECOLOGY AND SOCIAL MP, member of the APRES movement during a demonstration organized by the CDKF (Kurdish Democratic Council France) to demand the release of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the PKK, detained in Turkey since 1999. Paris, France, on October 11, 2025. Photo by Ait Adjedjou Karim/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration to demand the release of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan - Paris

Demonstration organized by the CDKF (Kurdish Democratic Council France) to demand the release of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the PKK, detained in Turkey since 1999. Paris, France, on October 11, 2025. Photo by Ait Adjedjou Karim/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration to demand the release of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan - Paris

Demonstration organized by the CDKF (Kurdish Democratic Council France) to demand the release of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the PKK, detained in Turkey since 1999. Paris, France, on October 11, 2025. Photo by Ait Adjedjou Karim/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration to demand the release of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan - Paris

Demonstration organized by the CDKF (Kurdish Democratic Council France) to demand the release of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the PKK, detained in Turkey since 1999. Paris, France, on October 11, 2025. Photo by Ait Adjedjou Karim/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration to demand the release of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan - Paris

Demonstration organized by the CDKF (Kurdish Democratic Council France) to demand the release of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the PKK, detained in Turkey since 1999. Paris, France, on October 11, 2025. Photo by Ait Adjedjou Karim/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration to demand the release of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan - Paris

Demonstration organized by the CDKF (Kurdish Democratic Council France) to demand the release of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the PKK, detained in Turkey since 1999. Paris, France, on October 11, 2025. Photo by Ait Adjedjou Karim/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration to demand the release of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan - Paris

Demonstration organized by the CDKF (Kurdish Democratic Council France) to demand the release of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the PKK, detained in Turkey since 1999. Paris, France, on October 11, 2025. Photo by Ait Adjedjou Karim/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Erdogan At 32nd Consultation and Evaluation Meeting - Ankara

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the 32nd Consultation and Evaluation Meeting in Kizilcahamam district, Ankara Province, T??rkiye, on July 12, 2025. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday declared "a new page" in history for T??rkiye, as the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) begins the disarmament process. TO GO WITH "PKK disarmament opens 'new page in history' for T??rkiye: Erdogan" Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Erdogan At 32nd Consultation and Evaluation Meeting - Ankara

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the 32nd Consultation and Evaluation Meeting in Kizilcahamam district, Ankara Province, T??rkiye, on July 12, 2025. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday declared "a new page" in history for T??rkiye, as the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) begins the disarmament process. TO GO WITH "PKK disarmament opens 'new page in history' for T??rkiye: Erdogan" Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Opposition Leader Is Attacked In Istanbul - Turkey

Supporters of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) chairman Ozgur Ozel, protesting to condemn the attack, on May 4, 2025 at the CHP Headquarters, in Ankara, Turkey. The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party was attacked on Sunday in Istanbul, as he left a memorial ceremony for Sirri Sureyya Onder, a key member of Ankara-PKK peace talks. He was leaving the Ataturk Cultural Center in the city center when a man approached him and struck him in the face with an open hand, televised footage showed. The incident renewed fears over the safety of politicians in Turkey. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Opposition Leader Is Attacked In Istanbul - Turkey

Supporters of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) chairman Ozgur Ozel, protesting to condemn the attack, on May 4, 2025 at the CHP Headquarters, in Ankara, Turkey. The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party was attacked on Sunday in Istanbul, as he left a memorial ceremony for Sirri Sureyya Onder, a key member of Ankara-PKK peace talks. He was leaving the Ataturk Cultural Center in the city center when a man approached him and struck him in the face with an open hand, televised footage showed. The incident renewed fears over the safety of politicians in Turkey. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Opposition Leader Is Attacked In Istanbul - Turkey

Supporters of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) chairman Ozgur Ozel, protesting to condemn the attack, on May 4, 2025 at the CHP Headquarters, in Ankara, Turkey. The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party was attacked on Sunday in Istanbul, as he left a memorial ceremony for Sirri Sureyya Onder, a key member of Ankara-PKK peace talks. He was leaving the Ataturk Cultural Center in the city center when a man approached him and struck him in the face with an open hand, televised footage showed. The incident renewed fears over the safety of politicians in Turkey. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Opposition Leader Is Attacked In Istanbul - Turkey

Supporters of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) chairman Ozgur Ozel, protesting to condemn the attack, on May 4, 2025 at the CHP Headquarters, in Ankara, Turkey. The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party was attacked on Sunday in Istanbul, as he left a memorial ceremony for Sirri Sureyya Onder, a key member of Ankara-PKK peace talks. He was leaving the Ataturk Cultural Center in the city center when a man approached him and struck him in the face with an open hand, televised footage showed. The incident renewed fears over the safety of politicians in Turkey. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Opposition Leader Is Attacked In Istanbul - Turkey

Supporters of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) chairman Ozgur Ozel, protesting to condemn the attack, on May 4, 2025 at the CHP Headquarters, in Ankara, Turkey. The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party was attacked on Sunday in Istanbul, as he left a memorial ceremony for Sirri Sureyya Onder, a key member of Ankara-PKK peace talks. He was leaving the Ataturk Cultural Center in the city center when a man approached him and struck him in the face with an open hand, televised footage showed. The incident renewed fears over the safety of politicians in Turkey. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Opposition Leader Is Attacked In Istanbul - Turkey

Supporters of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) chairman Ozgur Ozel, protesting to condemn the attack, on May 4, 2025 at the CHP Headquarters, in Ankara, Turkey. The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party was attacked on Sunday in Istanbul, as he left a memorial ceremony for Sirri Sureyya Onder, a key member of Ankara-PKK peace talks. He was leaving the Ataturk Cultural Center in the city center when a man approached him and struck him in the face with an open hand, televised footage showed. The incident renewed fears over the safety of politicians in Turkey. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Opposition Leader Is Attacked In Istanbul - Turkey

Supporters of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) chairman Ozgur Ozel, protesting to condemn the attack, on May 4, 2025 at the CHP Headquarters, in Ankara, Turkey. The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party was attacked on Sunday in Istanbul, as he left a memorial ceremony for Sirri Sureyya Onder, a key member of Ankara-PKK peace talks. He was leaving the Ataturk Cultural Center in the city center when a man approached him and struck him in the face with an open hand, televised footage showed. The incident renewed fears over the safety of politicians in Turkey. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Opposition Leader Is Attacked In Istanbul - Turkey

Supporters of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) chairman Ozgur Ozel, protesting to condemn the attack, on May 4, 2025 at the CHP Headquarters, in Ankara, Turkey. The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party was attacked on Sunday in Istanbul, as he left a memorial ceremony for Sirri Sureyya Onder, a key member of Ankara-PKK peace talks. He was leaving the Ataturk Cultural Center in the city center when a man approached him and struck him in the face with an open hand, televised footage showed. The incident renewed fears over the safety of politicians in Turkey. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkish pro-Kurdish DEM Party's Ahmet Turk reads a letter of jailed Kurdish PKK militant group’s leader Abdullah Ocalan (unseen) during a press conference shares a statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm during the press conference held by DEM Party officials on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year co

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Sirri Sureyya Onder speaks during a press conference as they share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Sirri Sureyya Onder speaks during a press conference as they share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Pervin Buldan share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm during the press conference hold by DEM Party officials on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Pervin Buldan share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm during the press conference hold by DEM Party officials on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkish pro-Kurdish DEM Party's Ahmet Turk reads a letter of jailed Kurdish PKK militant group’s leader Abdullah Ocalan (unseen) during a press conference shares a statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm during the press conference held by DEM Party officials on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year co

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Sirri Sureyya Onder speaks during a press conference as they share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkish pro-Kurdish DEM Party's Ahmet Turk reads a letter of jailed Kurdish PKK militant group’s leader Abdullah Ocalan (unseen) during a press conference shares a statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm during the press conference held by DEM Party officials on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year co

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Sirri Sureyya Onder speaks during a press conference as they share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Handout photograph released on February 27, 2025, shows jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan (First row C) poses with Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party delegation members MP of the Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party Pervin Buldan (First row 3rd L), Ahmet Turk (First row 3rd R) former mayor of mardin, Sirri Sureyya Onder (First row 2nd R), MP of Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, Tulay Hamitogullari (R), Co-leader of Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, Tuncer Bakirhan, (first row 2nd L) , Co-leader of Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, Faik Ozgur Erol (2nd row L), Lawyer, Cengiz Cicek (2nd row R) at the Imrali island prison,Bursa Province, Turkey. Handout Photo by The Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party Press Office via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Sirri Sureyya Onder gestures during a press conference as they share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrian Rebels Capture Tel Rifaat in Operation Against YPG

SURIYE MILLI ORDUSU (SMO) "OZGURLUK SAFAGI OPERASYONU" KAPSAMINDA GERCEKLESTIRDIGI OPERASYON ILE 8 YILDIR TEROR ORGUTU PKK/YPG ISGALINDE OLAN TEL RIFAT ILCE MERKEZINDE KONTROLU ELE GECIRDI. 8 YILDIR KAMPLARDA YASAYAN TEL RIFARLILAR ILCE MERKEZINE GERI DONMEYE BASLADI. ILCEDEKI BESSAR ESAD POSTERLERI INIDILDI. UGUR YILDIRIM

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Syrian Rebels Capture Tel Rifaat in Operation Against YPG

SURIYE MILLI ORDUSU (SMO) "OZGURLUK SAFAGI OPERASYONU" KAPSAMINDA GERCEKLESTIRDIGI OPERASYON ILE 8 YILDIR TEROR ORGUTU PKK/YPG ISGALINDE OLAN TEL RIFAT ILCE MERKEZINDE KONTROLU ELE GECIRDI. 8 YILDIR KAMPLARDA YASAYAN TEL RIFARLILAR ILCE MERKEZINE GERI DONMEYE BASLADI. ILCEDEKI BESSAR ESAD POSTERLERI INIDILDI. UGUR YILDIRIM

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Turkish security forces detain 147 PKK suspects

STORY: Turkish security forces detain 147 PKK suspects SHOOTING TIME: recent footage DATELINE: April 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: MILITARY/LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of the operations (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry) STORYLINE: Turkish police and gendarmerie teams detained 147 suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the country's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Sunday. The operations, dubbed "Bozdogan 30," were carried out in 29 provinces, Yerlikaya said on social media platform X, without specifying the timing of the operations. The suspects allegedly carried out propaganda for the PKK, he said, adding that they were also accused of "aiding and abetting" the group. The raids also targeted PKK suspects who had allegedly assisted group members attempting to infiltrate Türkiye in 2022, according to the minister. The PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the United States and the European Union, has rebelled against the

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"Security corridor" shields Türkiye from terrorism: president

STORY: "Security corridor" shields Türkiye from terrorism: president SHOOTING TIME: March 13, 2024 DATELINE: March 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:47 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in southeastern Sirnak province of Türkiye (Courtesy of ihlas news agency) STORYLINE: By building a "security corridor" along the southern borders, Türkiye is successfully walling itself off from terrorism, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. The "security corridor" refers to a 30-40 kilometer deep security zone Türkiye is committed to creating along its borders with Iraq and Syria. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President "We are completely preventing the fire around us from spreading to our country by the security corridor we have started to create along our southern borders." The Turkish forces often carry out cross-border operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters in northern Iraq,

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TÜRKIYE-SANLIURFA-SECURITY FORCES-JOINT OPERATIONS-PKK

(240306) -- SANLIURFA (TÜRKIYE), March 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Turkish security forces conduct an operation in Sanliurfa, Türkiye, on March 6, 2024. The Turkish gendarmerie and police destructed a total of 59 caves, bunkers, and explosive depots belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in joint operations across nine eastern and southern provinces, a cabinet minister said on Wednesday. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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TÜRKIYE-SANLIURFA-SECURITY FORCES-JOINT OPERATIONS-PKK

(240306) -- SANLIURFA (TÜRKIYE), March 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Turkish security forces conduct an operation in Sanliurfa, Türkiye, on March 6, 2024. The Turkish gendarmerie and police destructed a total of 59 caves, bunkers, and explosive depots belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in joint operations across nine eastern and southern provinces, a cabinet minister said on Wednesday. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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TÜRKIYE-SANLIURFA-SECURITY FORCES-JOINT OPERATIONS-PKK

(240306) -- SANLIURFA (TÜRKIYE), March 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Turkish security forces conduct an operation in Sanliurfa, Türkiye, on March 6, 2024. The Turkish gendarmerie and police destructed a total of 59 caves, bunkers, and explosive depots belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in joint operations across nine eastern and southern provinces, a cabinet minister said on Wednesday. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)