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Abdullah Öcalan

Abdullah Öcalan , Kurdish founder of the terrorist organization called Kurdistan Workers' Party in 1978.Öcalan was captured in Nairobi and extradited to the Turkish security force, and sentenced to death under Article 125 of the Turkish Penal Code, which concerns the formation of armed gangs...

Timeline of Events

1999

2.15.1999

Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party), is arrested in Kenya.

2.16.1999

Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrests one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Öcalan.

2.23.1999

Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.