Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jailed Kurdish militant leader Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish DEM Party says (Reuters) -The militant Kurdistan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Friday, 30 fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) threw their weapons into a bonfire at a meeting in Sulaimaniyah, a ...

Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), made a statement last Thursday through a visiting delegation of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party).

One of the oldest conflicts in West Asia -- the so-called 'Kurdish question' -- is currently inching closer to a solution. Since its foundation in 1923, the Republic of Turkey has failed to establish ...

July 11 (UPI) --The Kurdish militant group PKK took its first step toward peace with Turkey as it burned weapons after 40 years of conflict. The group of 30 PKK members went to a cave near ...

ANKARA, Turkey — The Kurdish militant group PKK announced Monday that it is disbanding and renouncing armed conflict as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey, ending four decades of hostilities.

When the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) announced last month that it would disband and end its decades-long insurgency against Turkey, Leila hoped she might soon be reunited with her son.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) may declare its dissolution “at any moment” as part of the ongoing Kurdish peace initiative, according to a statement by Ayşegül Doğan, spokesperson for the ...

Kurdish youths holds a poster of jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan during Newroz celebrations on March 21, 2025 in Diyarbakir, Turkey. — Sedat Suna/Getty Images The outlawed Kurdistan ...

A delegation from the Kurdish nationalist People’s Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) visited imprisoned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan for the third time on Thursday. As ...

A militant Kurdish group announced on Sunday that it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq as part of a peace effort with Turkey. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The imprisoned leader of a militant Kurdish group in Turkey on Friday urged for new legislation that would advance a peace initiative with the Turkish government in the wake of ...