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210———Kurdistan Workers Party

of PKK activity), nearly 40,000 people died as a by the imprisoned leader. Today, the PKK has nearly
result of PKK violence and government retaliation. 10,000 active members and many supporters scat-
In 1999, Ocalan was apprehended in Kenya and tered throughout Europe.
returned to Turkey, where he was sentenced to death.
See also ABDULLAH OCALAN
The day he was sentenced, riots, demonstrations, and
occupations of embassies occurred throughout Further Reading
Europe. Ocalan has appealed his sentence, and the
Chailand, Gerard, ed. A People Without a Country:
courts have not yet ruled on his appeal. From his The Kurds and Kurdistan. Northampton, MA: Interlink,
prison cell, however, he announced a cease-fire and February 1993.
asked all PKK forces to abandon Turkey. In February Olson, Robert. The Kurdish Question and Turkish-Iranian
2000, the PKK officially ceased its 15-year revolu- Relations: From World War I to 1998. Costa Mesa, CA:
tion and agreed to the political program put forward Mazda, 1998.