Jailed PKK founder Ocalan moved to new section of Turkish island prison

Improving prison conditions for Abdullah Ocalan has been a key Kurdish demand in push to end PKK-Turkiye conflict.Published On 2 Nov 20262 Nov 2026Turkiye has moved the jailed founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, to a newly-built section of the island prison where he has been held for 27 years, pro-Kurdish legislators said as they urged Ankara to speed up the stalled peace process.Mithat Sancar, a member of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) delegation that regularly visits Ocalan, confirmed the transfer on Saturday in an interview with the Kurdish television channel Medya Haber TV.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Turkiye approves pardon-like bill for thousands of PKK fighterslist 2 of 3Turkiye passes law giving thousands of PKK members chance at amnestylist 3 of 3As SDF disband in Syria, Kurds ponder how to secure their rightsend of listHe said the move “necessitates an acceleration of the (peace) process”, which he said had been paused for two months. “The process cannot proceed with unilateral expectations and demands,” he said.Fellow DEM politician Pervin Buldan said on Sunday that Ocalan himself had announced the transfer, b...