Abdullah Öcalan

Abdullah Öcalan escorted to Turkey by at least two intelligence agents.

Abdullah Öcalan right after capture.

Cyprus passport Abdullah Öcalan was captured with.

Abdullah Öcalan (b. 1948) also known as Serok Apo among his supporters, is the leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). PKK leader Abdullah öcalan This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... PKK leader Abdullah öcalan This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Abdullah Ocala bırakılsın kürtsorunu çözülsün File links The following pages link to this file: Abdullah Öcalan ... Abdullah Ocala bırakılsın kürtsorunu çözülsün File links The following pages link to this file: Abdullah Öcalan ... Ocalan After capture This work is copyrighted. ... Ocalan After capture This work is copyrighted. ... Download high resolution version (472x679, 73 KB)Image is a photo of a cyprus passport. ... Download high resolution version (472x679, 73 KB)Image is a photo of a cyprus passport. ... The title page of European Union passports bears the name of the issuing country, then the name European Union, in the languages of all EU countries. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) Flag Congress for Freedom and Democracy in Kurdistan (KADEK) Flag Kongra-gel Flag The Kurdistan Workers Party (Kurdish: Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan or PKK), is one of several organisations striving for the rights of the kurdish people in Turkey. ...

Biography

Abdullah Öcalan was born in Ömerli, a village in the Halfeti-District, Province of Urfa, in the Southeast of Turkey, in 1948. After leaving his village after secondary school he studied Political Sciences at the University of Ankara. He successfully completed his studies and entered the civil service in Diyarbakir. Influenced by the situation of the Kurdish people who, according to Öcalan, were denied the right to live according to their own cultural identity by the Turkish state (Kurdish language was banned for use in the streets, Kurdish names were forbidden), Abdullah Öcalan became an active member of the Democratic Cultural Associations of the East, an association promoting the rights of the Kurdish people. In 1978, two years before the military coup in 1980, the Kurdistan Workers Party was founded with Abdullah Öcalan as its leader. He currently retains this post. Sanli Urfa (in Turkish Şanlıurfa) is a city in eastern Turkey, and the provincial capital of Sanliurfa Province. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Diyarbakir (Syriac: ܐܡܝܕ; Zazaki and Kurdish: Amed; Turkish spelling: Diyarbakır) is a city in Turkey, situated on the banks of the River Tigris. ... Kurdish-inhabited areas of the Middle East and the Soviet Union in 1986. ... Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) Flag Congress for Freedom and Democracy in Kurdistan (KADEK) Flag Kongra-gel Flag The Kurdistan Workers Party (Kurdish: Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan or PKK), is one of several organisations striving for the rights of the kurdish people in Turkey. ...

In 1984 the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) started their attacks against the local governments in Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey in order to create an independent Kurdish state. Approximately 30,000 people have died as a result of conflict between the Turkish state and the KADEK/PKK. The PKK has on several occasions declared unilateral ceasefires, all disregarded by the Turkish state. The Turkish state has argued that they only served to support political tactics. Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) Flag Congress for Freedom and Democracy in Kurdistan (KADEK) Flag Kongra-gel Flag The Kurdistan Workers Party (Kurdish: Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan or PKK), is one of several organisations striving for the rights of the kurdish people in Turkey. ...

Until 1998 Syria was harboring the leader of PKK. As the situation got worse in Turkey the Turkish government openly threatened Syria not to support the PKK. As a result of this, Syrian government forced Öcalan to move out of the country instead of handing him to the Turkish authorities. Öcalan went to Russia first and from there he moved to various countries, including Italy (where hestayed in a luxurious villa for about 2 weeks) and Greece. He was captured in Kenya on February 15, 1999 in a joint operation between the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Turkish National Intelligence Agency (MIT), and the Israeli Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks Agency (Mossad). He was then flown back to Turkey for trial. After his capture, he declared a "peace offensive", and the 15 year rebellion ceased, although there had been several isolated incidents, often by groups posing as the PKK. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Congress for Freedom and Democracy in Kurdistan (Kadek), formerly known as the Kurdistan Workers Party (Kurdish: Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan, PKK ) was one of several militant groups fighting for the creation of an independent Kurdish state in southern Turkey, northern Iraq, Northern Syria and western Iran. ... The Congress for Freedom and Democracy in Kurdistan (Kadek), formerly known as the Kurdistan Workers Party (Kurdish: Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan, PKK ) was one of several militant groups fighting for the creation of an independent Kurdish state in southern Turkey, northern Iraq, Northern Syria and western Iran. ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is one of the American foreign intelligence agencies, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... MİT is the intelligence organization of Turkey. ... Ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim (Hebrew: המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים, Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks) is an Israeli intelligence agency, commonly referred to as Mossad. ...

Öcalan has been held under solitary confinement on the Imrali Island in the Turkish Sea of Marmara since his capture. Though initially sentenced to death, this sentence was commuted to life-long aggravated imprisonment when the death penalty was conditionally abolished in Turkey in August 2002. The Sea of Marmara (Turkish: Marmara denizi, Modern Greek: Μαρμαρα̃ Θάλασσα or Προποντίδα) (also known as the Sea of Marmora or the Marmara Sea) is an inland sea that separates the Black Sea from the Aegean Sea (thus the Asian part of Turkey from its European part) by Bosporus and... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On March 12, 2003, the European Court of Human Rights issued a non-binding ruling that he did not receive a fair trial and his human rights were violated by the delay in bringing his case to court. Upon appeal, the Court's higher chamber confirmed the judgment that the trial was unfair on May 12, 2005. March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The ECHR should not be mistaken for the European Court of Justice, an institution of the European Union for the resolution of disputes under EU law. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

Current Situation of imprisonment of Abdullah Öcalan

• Since his capture from Kenya in a joint operation between the CIA and MIT (Milli Istihbarat Teskilati) in February 1999, Abdullah Öcalan is imprisoned on the Island of Imrali, in the Sea of Marmara. He is the only prisoner on the fortress.
• The cell in which Öcalan is imprisoned is sized at 13 sqm. All sanitary facilities are located in the same cell.
• Abdullah Öcalan has officially the right to meet his lawyers every week at Wednesday. However, this right is often denied to him, and he sometimes stays months without being able to see anybody. Officially, these restrictions are blamed by Turkish authorities on "bad weather conditions".

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Current Siutation

The European court of human rights has ruled that the 1999 try of Öcalan was flawed and violated his human rights. The court has further ruled that Mr Öcalan should be retried, this has been agreed to by the turkish government.

External links

Websites that support Abdullah Öcalan

• www.abdullah-ocalan.com - Homepage dedicated to Abdullah Öcalan, including some of his works in English (http://www.abdullah-ocalan.com/)
• www.freedom-for-ocalan.com - Freedom for Öcalan (http://www.freedom-for-ocalan.com/)
• www.pkk.org - Official KADEK (PKK) site (http://www.pkk.org/)
• www.kongra-gel.com - KONGRA-GEL (http://www.kongra-gel.com/)

Media

• BBC timeline, February 1999 - September 2002 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/281302.stm)
• CNN article 'The Öcalan Trial' (http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/ocalan/)

Websites with criticism of Abdullah Öcalan

Governmental:

• US Department of State (www.state.gov) - General Info (http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2000/index.cfm?docid=2450)
• The US Navy Dudley Knox Library (library.nps.navy.mil) - Terrorist Group Profiles: Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK, KADEK) (http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/kurds.htm)
• United States Department of the Treasury (www.treas.gov) - Office of Foreign Assets Control (http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/actions/20040112.shtml)
• Foreign & Commonwealth Office Home (www.fco.gov.uk) - Kurdistan Workers' Party (Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan) (PKK) (http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1049909002566)

Non-Govermental:

• ICT - Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism (www.ict.org.il) - List of abduction of foreigners by the PKK (http://www.ict.org.il/articles/abductions.htm)
• ICT - Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism (www.ict.org.il) - Attack Histogram (http://www.ict.org.il/inter_ter/orgattack.cfm?orgid=20), from Apr 1, 1988 to Jul 24, 1999
• Terrorism: Questions & Answers (cfrterrorism.org) - Kurdistan Workers’ Party: Turkey, separatists (http://cfrterrorism.org/groups/kurdistan.html)
• MIPT Terrorism Knowledge base (www.tkb.org) - Kurdistan Workers' Party (http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=63)
• Global Security (www.globalsecurity.org) - Kongra-Gel/Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/pkk.htm)
• Federation of American Scientists (www.fas.org) - Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) (http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/pkk.htm)
• Terrorism101.org: Learn About Terrorism (www.terrorism101.org) - Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) (http://www.terrorism101.org/organizations/Kurdistan_Workers_Party.html)
• Assembly of Turkish American Associations (www.ataa.org) - A Case Study of the PKK in Turkey (http://www.ataa.org/ataa/ref/pkk/articles/casestudy.html), by Foundation for Middle East and Balkan Studies
• Assembly of Turkish American Associations (www.ataa.org) - Kurds (http://www.ataa.org/ataa/ref/pkk/news/monolith.html), by Goltz - Politics and Comment - Los Angeles Times February 28, 1999
• Turkey: "Still Critical": Summary (http://www.hrw.org/reports/2005/turkey0305/1.htm) - Human Rights Watch (www.hrw.org)
• Avoiding Past Patterns of Violation (http://hrw.org/backgrounder/eca/turkey/turkey_violations.htm) - Human Rights Watch (www.hrw.org)
• Univ. of Utah, Econ Archive (archives.econ.utah.edu) - In Kurdish Turkey, a New Enemy (http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/pen-l/2002w44/msg00121.htm), by Karl Vick of the Washington Post Foreign Service
• No security without human rights (http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/turkey/turktoc.htm) - Amnesty International (www.amnesty.org)