KEY STORIES

Ocalan verdict angers Turkey
Turkey plans an appeal after a European court rules that jailed rebel Abdullah Ocalan did not get a fair trial.

KURDISH FIGUREHEAD

Hate-figure and hero
The guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan, the main architect of armed Kurdish nationalism in Turkey, is a terrorist to the Turkish state but a hero for Kurds.

TRIAL AND VERDICT

Ocalan sentenced to death
The Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan has been sentenced to death for treason by three Turkish judges.

ARREST

The story of Ocalan's arrest
Middle East Correspondent Jeremy Bowen on how the capture of the Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan boosted Turkish national pride.

THE KURDS

Europe's well-connected Kurds
Pam O'Toole reports on Europe's Kurdish organisations.