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Abdullah Öcalan

Abdullah Öcalan was the leader of a Kurdish revolutionary party, the PKK. He was eventually kidnapped while abroad in 1999, and has been in solitary confinement in Imrali Island Prison, Turkey ever since.

Since his imprisonment, Ocalan has written extensively on Middle Eastern and Kurdish history. With his books he has significantly influenced the course of Kurdish politics in the last two decades.

He argues for the concepts of Democratic Autonomy and Democratic Confederalism that are considered an alternative to a Kurdish nation-state.

From 2009-2011, the Turkish state held negotiations with him about a solution of the Kurdish Question.

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Kurdish politician, ideologist, writer and founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)

Born 4 April 1949

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Kurdish politician, ideologist, writer and founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)

Born 4 April 1949

Subjects

Kurds, Politics and government, Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê, Ethnic relations, History, Political and social views, Interviews, Autonomy and independence movements, Civilization, Democracy, Socialism, Prisoners' writings, Turkish, National liberation movements, PKK, Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan, Social conditions, Sumerians, Biography, Middle East, Ancient - General, Ethnic identity, Feminism, Foreign relations, Globalization, History: World

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Turkey, Kurdistan, Middle East, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Eastern Turkey, Greece, Armenia, Athens, European Union, Israel, Kurds, Mesopotamien, Rojava (Kurdistan)

People

Abdullah Öcalan (1949-), Abdullah Öcalan, Eḧmed, Îbrahîm (1912-), Kostas Simitis, Kurds, Mihri Belli, Muḥammad Resul Hawar, PKK, Theodoros Pangalos

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1980-, 20th century, Coup d'état, 1980

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Alternative names

  • Abdullah Ocalan
  • Apo
  • Ali Fırat
  • Абдулла Оджалан
  • عبدالله أوجلان
  • Abdullach Öcalan

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