13-Nov-1998_Abdullah_Ocalan.jpg Abdullah Ocalan: Turkey's most wanted man for two decades. Ankara has called Abdullah Ocalan a "bloody murderer" and branded his organisation "terrorist".Stock photo.
13-Nov-1998_Mesut_Yilmaz.jpg Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz: Expects Nato-ally to co-operate. 12 Nov 1998
13-Nov-1998_ocalan_and_women.jpg A hero for many Kurdish followers. Date of photo unknown.
18-Nov-1998_Italian_PM_Massimo D-Alema.jpg Italian PM Massimo D'Alema - "Italy does not justify terrorism" The row between Nato allies Italy and Turkey over Turkish demands for the extradition of the Kurdish separatist leader has deepened. 17 Nov 1998
18-Nov-1998_ocalan.jpg Abdullah Ocalan: Turkey's most wanted man. Date of photo unknown.
18-Nov-1998_turkish_mothers_protest.jpg Turkish women with pictures of killed soldiers - the PKK's campaign claimed some 30,000 lives. 17 Nov 1998
22-Nov-1998_benetton_boycott.jpg Economic boycott will hit well-known Italian firms. 22 Nov 1998
22-Nov-1998_german_demo_for_Ocalan.jpg A Kurdish supporter of Mr Ocalan in Germany. 22 Nov 1998
22-Nov-1998_protest_at_Italian_embassy.jpg About 130,000 demonstrated outside Ankara's Italian embassy. The Turkish defence minister has said his country will not be buying any more defence equipment from Italian firms. 22 Nov 1998
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24-nov-1998_Massimo_D-Alema_and_Jacques_Santer_met_in_Brussels.jpg After meeting Italian Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema in Brussels, Mr Santer said Turkey would be in breach of agreements with the EU if there were an official boycott.
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28-nov-1998_Kurds_demonstrating_in_support_of_PKK_leader_Ocalan_in_Hamburg.jpg Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has refused to agree to Italian demands to seek the extradition of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan from Italy.
28-nov-1998_German_Chancellor_schroeder_and_Italian-Premier_d-alema.jpg The BBC Correspondent in Bonn, Janet Barrie, says the German government is unwilling to ask for Mr Ocalan to be extradited for fear of disturbing the uneasy peace between the country's large Turkish and Kurdish populations.
23-nov-1998_Match_postponed_over_Ocalan_dispute.jpg The European Champions League match between Italy's Juventus and Turkey's Galatasaray has been postponed because of escalating tensions between the two countries.
25-nov-1998_A_Kurdish_supporter_of_Mr_Ocalan_in_Germany.jpg But a senior member of Germany's governing Social Democrats has said Germany should not try Ocalan, in case it leads to violence within the large Turkish immigrant community, which includes Kurds. Approx 25-nov-1998
25-nov-1998_Turkish_public_sentiment_has_been_fiercely_anti-Italian.jpg A Turkish government spokesman told Reuters news agency that if Italy continued to refuse, then Mr Ocalan should be prosecuted for terrorism in a third country such as Italy or Germany. approx 25 nov 1998
28-nov-1998_Mr_Schroder-A_most_difficult_decision.jpg Germany is home to more than two million Turks and 400,000 Kurds. Date unknown.
1-dec-1998_turks_demonstrate_in_bonn_over_Ocalan.jpg Bonn is worried about provoking tensions in Germany Turkey's Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz has denounced Germany for backing away from legal action against Abdullah Ocalan. Photo last days in November, 1998