Abdullah Öcalan Author

Abdullah Öcalan actively led the Kurdish liberation struggle as the head of the PKK from its foundation in 1978 until his abduction on 15th February 1999. He is a leading strategist and the most important political representative of the Kurdish freedom movement. Under isolation conditions at Imrali Island Prison, he authored a number of books which revolutionised Kurdish politics, including The Political Thought of Abdullah Öcalan, and Prison Writings, Volumes I and II.