DiscoverOn the Middle East with Amberin ZamanPKK leader Ocalan has the power to deliver peace, but is Turkey sincere?
PKK leader Ocalan has the power to deliver peace, but is Turkey sincere?

PKK leader Ocalan has the power to deliver peace, but is Turkey sincere?

Update: 2025-02-20
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Since April last year, the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been in talks with imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. The goal is to get his organization to end its 40 year-long armed campaign against the Turkish state. But one of Turkey's demands, that Ocalan’s concessions extend to northeast Syria where a PKK-linked group has been in control since 2012, is unrealistic, says Kurdish Peace Institute director Giran Ozcan.

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PKK leader Ocalan has the power to deliver peace, but is Turkey sincere?

PKK leader Ocalan has the power to deliver peace, but is Turkey sincere?