Öcalan (center) with the DEM Party delegation at İmralı Island Prison, where he has been held since 1999. A video of Öcalan delivering his message is expected to be released later this month during ...

The PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) should dissolve. I make this call and take historical responsibility,” read the letter from Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdish guerrilla, on ...

Erdoğan’s outreach to Kurdish forces may signal peace — or a bid to secure support for extending his presidency by fracturing ...

There’s a reason to be sceptical about Abdullah Öcalan's call for peace. Efforts to end the fighting in 1993, 1995-1996, and ...

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

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

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday warned military operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party ...

However, the conflict has been deadly on both sides, resulting in over 40,000 deaths. The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Turkey for abuses against Kurdish civilians, while the PKK has ...

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Saturday announced a ceasefire with Turkey, two days after its jailed leader ...

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that a disarmament call from the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan ...

The gambit could give the Turkish president a chance to extend his power, while also calming a conflict that threatens to undermine the new Syrian government.

In a historic move, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has called for the group to disarm, paving the way for a new ...