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Some thousands of supporters demonstrate waving various PKK flags and posters of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2013, as Ocalan called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and for thousands of his fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory. (AP Photo)

Confusion Reigns over PKK Withdrawal from Turkey

by Sherzad Shekhani | Apr 25, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The ceasefire agreement between Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan and Ankara is in doubt due to contradictory statements regarding the withdrawal of PKK fighters from Turkey. Diyar Qamishlu, a member of the PKK command’s...

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Omar (left), Zine (center), and Eminene (right) at home in Diyarbakir. (AAA)

Welcome to Kurdistan: A Tale of Two Families

by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Mar 23, 2013 | Profiles

Diyarbakir, Asharq Al-Awsat—Eminene Özbek and Zine Yilmaz have only just met, but already they have so much in common. “He was such a nice person, and he never wanted to harm anyone,” says Eminene of her son Mahir. When it is Zine’s turn to speak about her own son,...

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Some thousands of supporters demonstrate waving various PKK flags and posters of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2013, as Ocalan called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and for thousands of his fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory. (AP Photo)

PKK Leader Calls for Truce with Turkey

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 21, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkish-Kurdish relations entered a new phase today after Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader, Abdullah Öcalan, issued a historic ceasefire call. In a letter written from his prison cell on the island of Imrali, Öcalan announced that “we have...