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Turkey detains 282 suspects in a dayslong operation against Kurdish insurgents • Feb. 18, 2025, 5:11 AM ET (AP)
Turkish opposition party delegation meets with Kurdish leader in Iraq as part of PKK peace efforts • Feb. 16, 2025, 8:43 AM ET (AP)
US-backed commander says his Kurdish-led group wants a secular and civil state in post-Assad Syria • Feb. 2, 2025, 7:34 PM ET (AP)

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Abdullah Öcalan
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Badr Khānī Jāladat
leader of Kurds