Kurdistan Workers' Party - Wikipedia
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 …
A half-century insurgency in the Middle East may be ending. Here …
Feb 28, 2025 · For half a century, Kurdish militants have fought Turkey for independence in the southeast of the country, a region heavily populated by ethnic Kurds. The battle has claimed …
Kurdish group PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey - BBC
Mar 2, 2025 · In Saturday's statement, the PKK said it hoped Turkey would release Ocalan, who has been imprisoned in solitary confinement since 1999, so he could lead a process of …
What’s Behind the Monumental Shift Between Türkiye and the PKK
6 days ago · The PKK leader essentially responded to an appeal from Turkish far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli. In October, Bahçeli suggested Öcalan could be …
Analysis: Call to disband PKK reshapes Turkiye, Syria power …
3 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 …
PKK declares ceasefire in 40-year conflict with Turkiye
Mar 1, 2025 · The statement by the outlawed group, published by the pro-PKK Firat news agency (ANF) on Saturday, is seen as a major step towards ending a 40-year conflict with the Turkish …
Conflict Between Turkey and Armed Kurdish Groups
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...
What to Know About Abdullah Ocalan and the Turkey-P.K.K.
Feb 27, 2025 · After decades of fighting an insurgency, the Kurdish group declared a cease-fire. Two days earlier, the P.K.K.’s imprisoned leader called on his fighters to lay down their arms.
PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey, ending 40 years of armed …
Mar 1, 2025 · Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband and end more …
What to know about the latest effort to end Turkey's 40-year …
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 …