Abdullah Öcalan
born 1948
5 documented presences
4 places
Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Abdullah Öcalan across 4 places, from 1998 to 2025. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Abdullah Öcalan (born 4 April 1948 or 1949), also known as Apo (short for Abdullah in Turkish; Kurdish for "uncle"), is a founding member of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Abdullah Öcalan was documented, and when
November 1998month
Turkeyattested
“In November 1998, Öcalan elaborated on a 7-point peace plan according to which the Turkish attacks on Kurdish villages should stop, the refugees would be allowed to return, the Kurdish people would be granted autonomy within Turkey, the…”
source: Wikipedia: Abdullah Öcalan
12 November 1998exact date
Italyattested
“Öcalan then chose to travel to Italy, where he landed on 12 November 1998 at the airport in Rome.”
source: Wikipedia: Abdullah Öcalan
12 November 1998exact date
Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airportattested
“Öcalan then chose to travel to Italy, where he landed on 12 November 1998 at the airport in Rome.”
source: Wikipedia: Abdullah Öcalan
12 November 1998exact date
Romeattested
“Öcalan then chose to travel to Italy, where he landed on 12 November 1998 at the airport in Rome.”
source: Wikipedia: Abdullah Öcalan
2025year
Turkeyattested
“The Middle East Forum described Öcalan's stance in the 2025 PKK–Turkey peace process as paradoxical, noting that the PKK was originally founded in response to the denial of Kurdish existence in Turkey.”
source: Wikipedia: Abdullah Öcalan
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Places Abdullah Öcalan is documented in
Turkey2 presences · 1998 to 2025Italy1 presence · 1998Rome1 presence · 1998
Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport1 presence · 1998
Other places tied to Abdullah Öcalan in the record
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1966year
Ankaramentioned
“Rejected from the military high school, Öcalan enrolled in a vocational high school in Ankara () in 1966.”
source: Wikipedia: Abdullah Öcalan
7 April 1972exact date
Ankaramentioned
“Öcalan was not able to graduate from Ankara University, as on 7 April 1972 he was arrested after participating in a rally against the killing of Mahir Çayan.”
source: Wikipedia: Abdullah Öcalan
7 April 1972exact date
Ankara Universitymentioned
“Öcalan was not able to graduate from Ankara University, as on 7 April 1972 he was arrested after participating in a rally against the killing of Mahir Çayan.”
source: Wikipedia: Abdullah Öcalan
1974 to 1975period
Ankaramentioned
“During meetings in Ankara between 1974 and 1975, Öcalan and others came to the conclusion that Kurdistan was a colony and preparations ought to be made for a revolution.”
source: Wikipedia: Abdullah Öcalan
1978year
Ankaramentioned
“Nachmani: "He [Öcalan] told me that he speaks Turkish, gives orders in Turkish, and thinks in Turkish." In 1978 Öcalan married Kesire Yildirim, who he had met at the Ankara University and was of a better household than the regular revolu…”
source: Wikipedia: Abdullah Öcalan
1978year
Ankara Universitymentioned
“Nachmani: "He [Öcalan] told me that he speaks Turkish, gives orders in Turkish, and thinks in Turkish." In 1978 Öcalan married Kesire Yildirim, who he had met at the Ankara University and was of a better household than the regular revolu…”
source: Wikipedia: Abdullah Öcalan
1978year
Turkish intelligencementioned
“Nachmani: "He [Öcalan] told me that he speaks Turkish, gives orders in Turkish, and thinks in Turkish." In 1978 Öcalan married Kesire Yildirim, who he had met at the Ankara University and was of a better household than the regular revolu…”
source: Wikipedia: Abdullah Öcalan
July 1979month
1984 to 1985period
Damascusmentioned
“He also met twice with Masoud Barzani, the leader of the KDP in Damascus, to resolve some minor issues they had once in 1984 and another time in 1985.”
source: Wikipedia: Abdullah Öcalan
1988year
Turkish intelligencementioned
“During an interview he gave to the Turkish Milliyet in 1988, he mentioned the goal wasn't to gain independence from Turkey at all costs, but remained firm on the issue of the Kurdish rights, and suggested that negotiations should take pl…”
source: Wikipedia: Abdullah Öcalan
1988year
Turkeymentioned
“During an interview he gave to the Turkish Milliyet in 1988, he mentioned the goal wasn't to gain independence from Turkey at all costs, but remained firm on the issue of the Kurdish rights, and suggested that negotiations should take pl…”
source: Wikipedia: Abdullah Öcalan
1988year
Iraqi Kurdistanmentioned
“In 1988, he also met with Jalal Talabani of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Damascus, with which he signed an agreement and after some differences after the foundation of a Kurdish Government in Iraqi Kurdistan in 1992 he later…”
source: Wikipedia: Abdullah Öcalan
1988year
Damascusmentioned
“In 1988, he also met with Jalal Talabani of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Damascus, with which he signed an agreement and after some differences after the foundation of a Kurdish Government in Iraqi Kurdistan in 1992 he later…”
source: Wikipedia: Abdullah Öcalan
1988year
Athensmentioned
“In 1988, while representing the PKK in Athens, Greece, his wife unsuccessfully attempted to overthrow Öcalan, following which Yildirim went underground.”
source: Wikipedia: Abdullah Öcalan
1991year
1991year
1991year
March 1994month
March 1994month
October 1995month
October 1995month
7 May 1996exact date
17 October 1996exact date
1998year
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