Öcalan, Osman

LC control no.	n 2006060124
Personal name heading	Öcalan, Osman *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Ocelan, ʻUsman Öcalan, Ferhat
Found in	Cudî, Ḧesen. PKK le şor̄işî jiyanewewe bo şor̄işî dîmukrasî, 2001: t.p. (ʻUsman Ocelan) Gunter, M. Historical dictionary of the Kurds, 2004: (Ocalan, Osman (Ferhat); younger brother of Abdullah Ocalan; Osman is a leading member of the PKK's professional guerrilla army, the Kurdistan Peoples Liberation Army, now termed the Peoples Defense Force; has been active in northern Iraq and in Iran; after imprisonment of Abdullah Ocalan in Feb. 1999, Osman became one of the main leaders of the PKK's presidential council)