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Kurdish leader Ocalan told the PKK to disband, it did: Here's what to know
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- Publisher
- Al Jazeera
- Original language
- en
- Link
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/13/kurdish-leader-ocalan-told-the-pkk-to-disband-it-did-heres-what-to-knowAccessed 21 September 2026
Editorial annotation
Journalistic reporting on Öcalan's 27 February 2025 call for the PKK to disband and lay down arms, and the PKK's 12 May 2025 announcement, following its 12th congress, that it had dissolved its organizational structure and ended its armed struggle.
Cited on
- History of Kurdish self-determination projects
- History of the PKK and Kurdish self-determination in Türkiye
- Kurdish self-determination in Türkiye
- Kurdish self-determination in Türkiye: status after the PKK's 2025 dissolution
- Kurdish self-determination: status by state context
- PKK dissolution and disarmament, 2025