Abdullah Öcalan

🧬 AI profile — grown from 6ic coverage Abdullah Öcalan is a Kurdish politician and the founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a militant organization seeking Kurdish autonomy in Turkey. He has been a key figure in Turkey's Kurdish insurgency and has been imprisoned since 1999 on charges of treason. The recent headlines suggest that Öcalan has been meeting with a delegation from the Democratic Left Party, sparking renewed hopes for a resolution to the conflict.