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KT News: Lawyers for the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving a life sentence on Turkey’s Imrali island, yesterday filed a request for his retrial, on the grounds that recent changes in the law could pave the way for a fairer trial. According to Firat News Agency (ANF) and bianet, Öcalan’s…
KT News: The Kurdish Communities Union (KCK) today issued a strongly-worded statement accusing the Turkish AKP government of attempting to sabotage the peace process. The KCK – the Kurd umbrella organisation that includes the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) – said prime minister Erdoğan’s government has failed to commence the second phase of the peace process…
By Peace in Kurdistan Campaign: Freedom and Justice for the Kurds Date: Friday, 28 June 2013, 6.30pm Place: Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A (closest tube Holborn) Chaired by Professor Bill Bowring, President of the European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Panel Rights (ELDH); International Secretary, Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers Bookmark…
By TJKE (Kurdish women’s movement in Europe): On January 9, our friends Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Şaylemez were murdered in Paris. All three were courageous Kurdish women who fought for a democratic solution to the Kurdish question, as well as for women’s liberation. Sakine Cansiz was a woman who, as one of the…
In a letter handed to BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) leader Abdullah Öcalan expressed his support for the protests that have engulfed Turkey this past week, beginning with a demonstration against the demolition of Gezi Park in Istanbul and escalating following the violent police reaction. “I…
By Mohammed Hussein: Kurdish Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council President, Murat Karayilan, declared that the PKK would withdraw its guerrillas gradually from Turkey, starting 8 May, 2013. This was a result of the ongoing peace talks between the PKK’s jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, and the Turkish government. But what PKK leaders haven’t talked about is…
KT News and Comment: The US State Department has branded the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) as the deadliest terrorist organisation in Europe, arguing that it continued its violent campaign throughout the year in 2012, according to Today’s Zaman. We would like to ask the US State Department: What did the giant nation of the USA…
By Çiçek TAHAOĞLU, bianet: The first group of PKK guerrillas – 7 men and 6 women – arrived at South Kurdistan Media Defense Area along with journalists Hasan Cemal and Erdal Er. 13 PKK guerrillas who headed from Turkey’s Beytüşşebap district arrived at Heror in Metina region, South Kurdistan at 6:25 am local time. The…
By Kamal Chomani: The Changes in the PKK’s Policies towards the KRG The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and its legendary leader, Abdulla Ocalan, pose a strong challenge to the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and its leader, Masoud Barzani. The PKK is no longer a party just for northern Kurdistan: Today it also impacts significantly on…
EXCLUSIVE interview with former Greek intelligence officer Savvas Kalenteridis Interview by Noreldin Waisy: Savvas Kalenteridis is a blogger, columnist, and a former Greek intelligence officer. In this exclusive interview he talks for the first time about his travels with Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned founder of the PKK. Kalenteridis accompanied Ocalan from Athens to Russia, and…
By EUTCC: It is with great appreciation that the EUTCC (EU Turkey Civic Commission) received the message from Kurdish Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council President Murat Karayilan that the PKK withdraws its forces gradually from Turkey starting 8 May, 2013. The withdrawal is a result of the ongoing peace talks between the PKK’s leader Mr….
KT News: Kurdish Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council President Murat Karayılan held a press conference today in the Kandil valley to announce details of the planned withdrawal of Kurdish PKK guerrillas from Turkey. Karayılan stated that the withdrawal will start on 8 May, noting that the PKK will respond if necessary to any offensive action by…
KT News: Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed PKK leader, met two BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) leaders this weekend and told them that he will very soon issue a letter ‘to the people of Turkey’ about the peace process. At a press conference at the BDP Istanbul office, deputies Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Pervin Buldan conveyed…
By Dr Aland Mizell: The conflict in Southeastern Turkey between the government of the Republic of Turkey and the Kurdish rebel group (specifically the PKK) has been going on for more than three decades. The recent government and PKK peace process is welcomed; but it would not be the first time that the Turkish government…
KT News and Comment: The PKK has officially announced a ceasefire. This move is a positive response to Abdullah Öcalan’s historic Newroz message calling for the conflict between Kurds and the Turkish state to be resolved by peaceful, political means. In a statement today, the KCK said that PKK forces will retain the right to…
