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Abdullah Öcalan

Abdullah Öcalan was the leader of a Kurdish revolutionary party, the PKK. He was eventually kidnapped while abroad in 1999, and has been in solitary confinement in Imrali Island Prison, Turkey ever since.

Since his imprisonment, Ocalan has written extensively on Middle Eastern and Kurdish history. With his books he has significantly influenced the course of Kurdish politics in the last two decades.

He argues for the concepts of Democratic Autonomy and Democratic Confederalism that are considered an alternative to a Kurdish nation-state.

From 2009-2011, the Turkish state held negotiations with him about a solution of the Kurdish Question.

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founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)

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4 April 1949

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The Roots of Civilisation: Prison Writings

by Abdullah Öcalan and Klaus Happel First published in 2001 — 14 editions

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Democratic Confederalism

by Abdullah Öcalan First published in 2011 — 14 editions
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Sociology of Freedom

by Abdullah Öcalan
First published in 2009 — 13 editions
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Beyond State, Power, and Violence

by Abdullah Öcalan First published in 2004 — 13 editions
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War and Peace in Kurdistan: Perspectives for a political solution of the Kurdish question

by Abdullah Öcalan First published in 2008 — 12 editions

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Capitalism: The Age of Unmasked Gods and Naked Kings

by Abdullah Öcalan First published in 2008 — 12 editions

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The Road Map to Negotiations

by Abdullah Öcalan First published in 2011 — 9 editions

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Civilization: The Age of Masked Gods and Disguised Kings

by Abdullah Öcalan First published in 2009 — 9 editions

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Uluslararası komplo Atina Davası

by Abdullah Öcalan First published in 2003 — 8 editions

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Prison writings II: The PKK and the Kurdish question in the 21st century

by Abdullah Öcalan First published in 2001 — 7 editions

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Kürt Sorunu ve Demokratik Ulus Çözümü: Kültürel Soykırım Kıskacında Kürtleri Savunmak

by Abdullah Öcalan First published in 2012 — 6 editions

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Democratic Nation

by Abdullah Öcalan First published in 2016 — 6 editions

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Kürt Sorunu ve Demokratik Ulus Çözümü

by Abdullah Öcalan First published in 2010 — 6 editions

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Declaration on the democratic solution of the Kurdish question

by Abdullah Öcalan First published in 1999 — 6 editions

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Kürdistan’da Kişilik Sorunu

by Abdullah Öcalan First published in 1983 — 6 editions

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The Political Thought of Abdullah Öcalan: Kurdistan, Woman's Revolution and Democratic Confederalism

by Abdullah Öcalan First published in 2017 — 5 editions

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Liberating Life: Woman’s Revolution

by Abdullah Öcalan
First published in 2013 — 5 editions
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Din Sorununa Devrimci Yaklaşım

by Abdullah Öcalan First published in 1991 — 4 editions

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Gerçeğin dili ve eylemi

by Abdullah Öcalan First published in 1996 — 4 editions

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Kadın ve aile sorunu

by Abdullah Öcalan First published in 1992 — 4 editions

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ID Numbers

OLID: OL5721734A
Amazon ID: B001HCW4RW
BookBrainz: e1699205-cc2a-42ec-b59f-788e299edca5
GoodReads: 693443
ISNI: 0000000078426088
Integrated Authority File (GND): 119374374
IMDb: nm7643627
Library of Congress Names: n91049753
LibraryThing: oumlcalanabdullah
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): LO1V181895
Storygraph: c4da5af9-7d57-40b0-b3dd-7b20c6bd70cb
VIAF: 255752
Wikidata: Q191530
Inventaire.io: wd:Q191530

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Alternative names

Abdullah Ocalan
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Ali Fırat
Абдулла Оджалан
عبدالله أوجلان
Abdullach Öcalan

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