Efter at have gjort sig uhyre anstrengelser for at opnå politisk asyl i et hvilket som helst EU-medlemsland eller blive stillet for en international domstol, (hvilket skulle være muligt ifølge erklæringer fremsat af Italiens og Tysklands udenrigsministre — Agence Europe no 73530), flygtede lederen af PKK, A. Öcalan, til Kenya, hvorfra han blev bort ført og udleveret til Tyrkiet.
After his futile attempts to find political asylum in any Member State of the European Union or to be tried by an international court (which was a desirable objective according to statements by the Italian and German Foreign Ministers reported in Agence Europe No. 73530), the PKK leader, A. Öcalan, fled to Kenya from where he was abducted and taken to Turkey.