Ten years ago, Turkey ran the Kurdish region here in its southeast like a police state. All signs of Kurdish identity -- the language, music, national dress -- were strictly banned and subject to punishment. Checkpoints were everywhere. Going out after dark was forbidden. Today, Kurdish is heard on the streets and in shops, Kurdish satellite TV is...
Turkey may be forced to order a new trial for a Kurdish separatist leader, Abdullah Ocalan, after the European Human Rights Court on Thursday upheld an earlier decision that his 1999 trial was unfair and called on Turkey to reopen the case. Turkey is seeking to join the European Union and could jeopardize its application if it refuses to revisit...
Abdullah "Apo" Öcalan (født 4. april 1949) er en kurdisk revolutionær og grundlægger af Kurdistans Arbejderparti (PKK), som blev grundlagt i 1978. PKK har ført en væbnet kampagne i Tyrkiet siden 1984 med den hensigt at skabe en selvstændig kurdisk stat. Öcalan har været fængslet siden 1999 på øen İmralı i det tyrkiske Marmarahav.