Supporters display a poster depicting jailed PKK leader Ocalan, after he called on the party to lay down its arms and dissolve, in Diyarbakir, Turkey. AFP
Abdallah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), with guerrillas at a training camp in Helweh, Lebanon, 2km from the Syrian border, in 1992. AFP
PKK fighters training at Helweh in 1992. AFP
Turkish army commandos raises their weapons during a military operation aiming to clear the area of PKK guerrillas, in northern Iraq, 1995. Reuters
Turkish soldiers plant a flag at Zap camp, northern Iraq, after they captured it from the PKK in 1997. Reuters
The aftermath of a bus explosion in Kirikkale, east of Ankara, in 1998. The blast ripped a hole in its roof, killing four and injuring 20 passengers. Reuters
Ocalan's lawyers address a press conference in a Rome hotel where the pair said the PKK leader was willing to be prosecuted in a country were he will be judged according to constitutional laws because he has not committed any acts of terrorism, in 1998. Reuters
Ocalan is bound and blindfolded by special forces in a seat on board a private aircraft in February 1999 following his removal from the Greek embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. Reuters
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pose for the media before a meeting in Ankara in 2006 to discuss Turkey's opposition to the rebel PKK. Reuters
A PKK training session in Amedia, northern Iraq, in 2007. AFP
Armed Kurdish fighters from the PKK march into Heror, northern Iraq, in 2013. AP
Supporters display a poster depicting jailed PKK leader Ocalan, after he called on the party to lay down its arms and dissolve, in Diyarbakir, Turkey. AFP
Abdallah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), with guerrillas at a training camp in Helweh, Lebanon, 2km from the Syrian border, in 1992. AFP
PKK fighters training at Helweh in 1992. AFP
Turkish army commandos raises their weapons during a military operation aiming to clear the area of PKK guerrillas, in northern Iraq, 1995. Reuters
Turkish soldiers plant a flag at Zap camp, northern Iraq, after they captured it from the PKK in 1997. Reuters
The aftermath of a bus explosion in Kirikkale, east of Ankara, in 1998. The blast ripped a hole in its roof, killing four and injuring 20 passengers. Reuters
Ocalan's lawyers address a press conference in a Rome hotel where the pair said the PKK leader was willing to be prosecuted in a country were he will be judged according to constitutional laws because he has not committed any acts of terrorism, in 1998. Reuters
Ocalan is bound and blindfolded by special forces in a seat on board a private aircraft in February 1999 following his removal from the Greek embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. Reuters
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pose for the media before a meeting in Ankara in 2006 to discuss Turkey's opposition to the rebel PKK. Reuters
A PKK training session in Amedia, northern Iraq, in 2007. AFP
Armed Kurdish fighters from the PKK march into Heror, northern Iraq, in 2013. AP
Supporters display a poster depicting jailed PKK leader Ocalan, after he called on the party to lay down its arms and dissolve, in Diyarbakir, Turkey. AFP
