Thousands of Kurds gather in Turkiye to demand release of PKK leader

Thousands of Kurds rallied in Turkey to demand the release of Abdullah Öcalan, an imprisoned political figure who led the Kurdistan Workers' Party, known as the PKK. Al Jazeera reports the protest also called for freedom for other detainees. The demonstration underscores the lasting political weight of Öcalan's case in Turkish Kurdish politics.

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