Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist ...

Ocalan has been imprisoned on an island near Istanbul since 1999 ... with firm steps on the path to the goal of a terror-free Turkey." Kurds are an ethnic group of at least 30 million people ...

A Kurdish militant group announced a historic decision Monday to disband and disarm as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey, after four decades of armed conflict ANKARA, Turkey -- A Kurdish ...

A strong earthquake struck near Greece’s Karpathos and Kasos Islands early Tuesday, with a depth of 14 km. Initially reported ...

A Kurdish militant group announced a historic decision Monday to disband and disarm as part of a new peace initiative with ...

He was convicted of sedition and treason and sentenced to life on Imrali, a prison island near Istanbul. Ocalan’s appeal came a decade after negotiations between Turkey and the PKK broke down ...

A lawyer says Cyprus won’t stop taking to court realtors and developers who illegally make money off Greek Cypriot properties ...

Crete, Greece's largest island, has been rocked by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake that was felt as far away as Israel, Egypt and ...

This included meetings with Turkish officials and attempts to communicate with Ocalan, who has been imprisoned on Imrali Island since ... of the Kurdistan Region near Turkey and Iran, where ...

has been imprisoned on an island near Istanbul since 1999, although occasional attacks have "revived fears of a wider conflict". But last October Devlet Bahceli, one of Turkey's most powerful ...

The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in October 2002 after Turkey abolished the death penalty and he is still imprisoned on an island near Istanbul. Fighting dwindled after Ocalan's ...

A troubling trend in seismic activity is once again worrying travelers with plans to visit a popular summer cruise ...