Ocalan ;A fighter and a patriot

Until 1998, Öcalan was based in Syria. On at least one occasion, in 1993, he was detained and held by Syria's General Intelligence Directorate but later released.[54] As the situation deteriorated in Turkey, the Turkish government openly threatened Syria over its support for the PKK.[55]

As a result, the Syrian government forced Öcalan to leave the country, but did not turn him over to the Turkish authorities. Öcalan went to Russia first and from there moved to various countries, including Italy and Greece.

In 1998 the Turkish government requested the extradition of Öcalan from Italy.[56] He was at that time defended by Britta Böhler, a high-profile German attorney who argued that he fought a legitimate struggle against the oppression of ethnic Kurds.

He was captured in Kenya on 15 February 1999, while being transferred from the Greek embassy to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, in an operation by the Millî İstihbarat Teşkilâtı (Turkish National Intelligence Organization) reportedly with the help of the CIA.

[57] George Costoulas, the Greek consul who protected him, said that his life was in danger after the operation.[58]

Speaking to Can Dündar on NTV Turkey, the Deputy Undersecretary of the Turkish National Intelligence Organization, Cevat Öneş, said that Öcalan impeded American aspirations of establishing a separate Kurdish state.

The Americans transferred him to the Turkish authorities, who flew him back to Turkey for trial.[59] His capture led thousands of Kurds to protest at Greek and Israeli embassies around the world. Kurds living in Germany have been threatened with deportation if they continue to hold demonstrations in support of Öcalan. The warning came after three Kurds were killed and 16 injured during the 1999 attack on the Israeli consulate in Berlin.[60][61]

After his capture, Öcalan was held in solitary confinement as the only prisoner on İmralı island in the Sea of Marmara. Although former prisoners at İmralı were transferred to other prisons, more than 1,000 Turkish military personnel were stationed on the island to guard him.

A state security court consisting of three military judges was convened on the island to try him. Öcalan was charged with treason and separatism and sentenced to death on the 29 June 1999.[62] In the same verdict it was declared he was banned from holding public office for life.

[63] In January 2000 the Turkish government declared the death sentence was delayed until European Court of Human Rights EU had reviewed the verdict.[64] Upon the abolition of the death penalty in Turkey in August 2002,[65] in October 2002 the security court the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.[66] The Kurdish Human Rights Project (KHRP) may have aided this case's decision.[67]

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Abdullah Ocalan is pretty much a forgotten issue.

Even the man himself has sort of mellowed a bit. Last time I heard anything from him, he was asking his followers to change their aggressive stance which they have adopted over the decades on the realization Kurdish statehood and adopt a more pacific and dialogue-driven approach.

If you ask me, I think all those years in solitary confinement have done much to change the radical himself. "Free Ocalan" is no longer a thing. Lol.

mansakhalifa:
Abdullah Ocalan is pretty much a forgotten issue.

Even the man himself has sort of mellowed a bit. Last time I heard anything from him, he was asking his followers to change their aggressive stance which they have adopted over the decades on the realization Kurdish statehood and adopt a more pacific and dialogue-driven approach.

If you ask me, I think all those years in solitary confinement have done much to change the radical himself. "Free Ocalan" is no longer a thing. Lol.

This is what the Turkish government wants people to believe when at the same time they committ a genocide against the Kurds.it is not working and will not work.