The PKK’s decision follows talks between the Turkish government and the group’s leader, Abdullah Ocalan, who has been in ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Marking the occasion of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha, Turkey’s nationalist politicians visited a ...

Turkey’s handling of the PKK conflict and the broader Kurdish issue has also often complicated its engagement with the west. For example, human rights groups have accused Turkey of allowing the ...

“There are no political prisoners in Turkey,” he wrote on X ... support for the DEM Party and its predecessors, the conflict with the PKK - which over the decades has caused more than 45,000 ...

Turkey’s handling of the PKK conflict and the broader Kurdish issue has also often complicated its engagement with the west. For example, human rights groups have accused Turkey of allowing the Syrian ...

ISTANBUL - Turkey is embarking on a hazardous path to ensure the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group implements its decision to disband after 40 years of conflict, facing obstacles that ...

"Essentially, the constitution must be redesigned to create a more democratic model for Turkey ... has made it clear that the PKK's renunciation of armed conflict won't be enough.

If this process is successful, Turkey and the Kurds will develop their own model for conflict resolution and addressing the armed expression of a long-standing identity question. Post-PKK Kurdish ...

On May 12, PKK, a group which launched its insurgency in 1984 and has been locked in bloody conflict with Turkey for more than four decades, has decided to disband and end its armed struggle.

Plus, the Kurdistan Workers’ party, the militant group that has been in conflict with the Turkish state for more than 40 years, said it would disband. Note: This episode has been edited from its ...