Osman Öcalan [SEP] place of birth
Osman Öcalan
Osman Öcalan (born 1958, Ömerli, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey) is a Kurdish militant politician and former commander of PKK, a militant Kurdish organization.
The younger brother of Abdullah Öcalan, Osman studied at teachers' training college before joining the PKK when it was founded in 1978 and spending two years in Libya. He joined the central committee in 1986, and the executive committee in the 1990s, becoming virtually second in command of the PKK, but in 1992 he suffered disgrace after signing a truce with
Öcalan
Öcalan is a Turkish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Abdullah Öcalan, Kurdish militant leader, one of the founding members of militant organization Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
- Dilek Öcalan, Turkish politician, niece of Abdullah Öcalan
- Osman Öcalan, Kurdish militant leader, a former leading member of the PKK and younger brother of Abdullah Öcalan