Kurdish residents hold flags showing Abdullah Ocalan as they attend a gathering to see live a Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party, or DEM, delegation members releasing an statement from the jailed leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, in Qamishli, northeastern Syria, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025.(AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)Ahmet Turk, a member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) delegation, reads a statement from jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, whose photo is seen in the background, during a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)People gather to watch live on a tv screen a Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party, or DEM, delegation members releasing an statement from the jailed leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu)
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Kurdish residents hold flags showing Abdullah Ocalan as they attend a gathering to see live a Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party, or DEM, delegation members releasing an statement from the jailed leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, in Qamishli, northeastern Syria, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025.(AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)