The Kurdistan Workers' Party [a] or PKK (Kurdish: Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê) is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla group which is primarily based in the …

On March 1, 2025, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) declared a unilateral ceasefire in its forty-year insurgency against the Turkish government. This came just days after the PKK’s...

2 days ago · It’s visual testimony to the area’s long-standing conflict. For more than 40 years, the Turkish government has fought the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or the PKK, in eastern Turkey, …

4 days ago · The PKK’s decades-long conflict with Turkiye has killed more than 40,000 people. Ocalan, in addition to being the leader of the movement ideologically, also led the group’s …

Mar 1, 2025 · The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia on Saturday declared an immediate ceasefire, two days after its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called on fighters to lay down their …

Mar 1, 2025 · The Turkish army, which has troops deployed in northern Syria, regularly carries out strikes on areas controlled by Syrian Kurdish forces it deems as “terrorists” linked to the PKK.

Mar 4, 2025 · The PKK leader’s calls for the group to disarm and dissolve is a step towards ending a 40-year ... The Syrian National Army has been launching attacks in northern Syria to …

Mar 1, 2025 · The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey, bringing an end to more than 40 years of bloodshed. The imprisoned leader of the Kurdish …

Mar 1, 2025 · The PKK – designated a terrorist group by Turkiye, the United States and the European Union – has waged an armed uprising since 1984 with the aim of carving out a …

Feb 27, 2025 · What is the PKK? The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has waged an armed insurgency against Turkey since 1984, initially with the aim of establishing a Kurdish state in …