Thousands of Kurds gather in Turkiye to demand release of PKK leader

Al Jazeera Monday 29 June 2026, 05:16 UTC 1 min read

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Thousands of Kurds gather in Turkiye to demand release of PKK leader Thousands of Kurds gather in Turkiye to demand release of PKK leader Thousands of Kurds in Turkiye rallied to demand the release of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and other prisoners. Ocalan has been imprisoned since 1999 for leading a decades-long armed insurgency against the Turkish state. The PKK and Ocalan renounced any armed struggle against Turkiye last year.

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