For more than 40 years, the Turkish government has fought the PKK in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria. Recent efforts ...

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Turkey’s defense minister on Saturday demanded the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) surrender its weapons after the group said ...

If Ocalan's declaration does not by itself signal the conclusion of the PKK-Ankara war, what is it nevertheless likely to ...

The PKK leader’s calls for the group to disarm and dissolve is a step towards ending a 40-year conflict with the Turkish ...

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The ceasefire between the Kurdistan Workers Party, or the PKK, and Turkey doesn’t just affect that country. It could have widespread effects also on Iraq and Syria. Kurdish Leaders and Kurds in those ...

While Ocalan's call raises hopes for ending decades of conflict with Turkey, questions remain about the future of Kurdish politics in Syria and the broader region.

The bitter experiences of the past century have proved that a progressive solution to the Kurdish question, which is ...

Erdogan's willingness to engage with Kurdish leaders signals a potential shift in Turkey's stalled peace process with the PKK ...

The comments by Ocalan, who heads the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, were read at a news conference in Istanbul by Kurdish lawmakers and leaders who met with Ocalan earlier Thursday.

There has been a major development in an armed conflict that has raged for decades between Turkey and a Turkish Kurdish group. The group's founder has called for followers to disarm and dissolve.