The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) - in pictures

  • 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
    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
    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 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
    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
    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'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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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