Armenia: Yerevan Australia: Sydney Austria: Vienna Belgium: Brussels Canada: Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver Denmark: Copenhagen France: Paris, Marseille, Strasbourg Germany: Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart Greece: Athens Iran: Sanandaj, Kermanshah, Mahabad, Urmia, Tehran Italy: Milan Netherlands: The Hague Russia: Moscow Sweden: Stockholm Switzerland: Bern, Geneva, Zurich United Kingdom: London Kurdish protesters

[8] In response to Öcalan's capture, Kurds staged protests in over 20 European cities, as well as in Canada and Australia, attacking Greek, Kenyan and Turkish diplomatic missions worldwide.

[9] In October 1998 after diplomatic pressure and military threats, Abdullah Öcalan was forced to leave his safe haven in Syria, going to Moscow, Russia, where he was not allowed to stay.

[2] He was captured in on February 15, 1999, while being transferred from the Greek embassy to Jomo Kenyata international airport Nairobi, in an operation by the Millî İstihbarat Teşkilâtı with debatable help of CIA or Mossad.

[2] In Istanbul, protesters used hit and run tactics to torch vehicles and a petrol bomb was hurled at a bus belonging to Turkish Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit's Democratic Left Party, as police rounded up hundreds of PKK supporters.