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Capture of Abdullah Öcalan, 1999
· Nairobi, Kenya
Turkish intelligence captured PKK founder Abdullah Öcalan in Kenya; he was sentenced to death, later commuted to life imprisonment, and has remained imprisoned since.
What happened
Turkish intelligence agents captured Abdullah Öcalan in Nairobi, Kenya, on 15 February 1999; his trial began on 31 May 1999 and concluded on 29 June 1999 with a death sentence for treason and separatism, commuted to life imprisonment in October 2002. He has been imprisoned on İmralı Island in the Sea of Marmara since his capture.[1]
After his capture, Öcalan ordered a ceasefire that held from 1999 until 2004.[2]
Sources for this page
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Claim: Turkish intelligence agents captured Abdullah Öcalan in Nairobi, Kenya, on 15 February 1999; his trial began on 31 May 1999 and concluded on 29 June 1999 with a death sentence for treason and separatism, commuted to life imprisonment in October 2002. He has been imprisoned on İmralı Island in the Sea of Marmara since his capture.
- Imprisonment of Abdullah Öcalan (Wikipedia) link, Capture, trial and sentence section. Source record
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Claim: After his capture, Öcalan ordered a ceasefire that held from 1999 until 2004.
- Abdullah Öcalan (Encyclopaedia Britannica) link, Ceasefire section. Source record