The jailed founder of a Kurdish nationalist group has called for the movement to lay down its arms, but Kurdish forces seem ...

OP-ED. The Kurdish people are at a decisive moment in their history, oscillating between hope and skepticism about their ...

PARIS – Imprisoned in Turkey for 26 years, Abdullah Ocalan remains revered as a living god by a significant portion of the 40 million Kurds in the Middle East. For that reason, he's also feared ...

Ocalan, 75, has been imprisoned on the island of Imrali, off Istanbul, since 1999, after being convicted of treason. Despite his incarceration, he continues to wield significant influence over the ...

Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms ...

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ISTANBUL, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Turkey's 40-year battle against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) could be nearing an end after its jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, called on the militant group on ...

Iraqi Kurds holding lit torches walk up a mountain during a procession to celebrate their Nowruz, the Persian New Year, Akra, ...

She noted that President Masoud Barzani’s message has also reached the celebration through a delegation from the Kurdistan ...