Last Thursday, Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), called his supporters to lay down their weapons. A historic opportunity has thus emerged to finally bring ...

For almost five decades, Turkey has been at war with the PKK, founded by Ocalan in 1978. Much of the fighting has focused on the group’s desire to establish an independent Kurdish state in the ...

The expected disarmament of the terrorist group PKK could pose a threat to Israel's interests in Syria, according to Israeli media reports. According to the Israeli press, a major change is likely ...

Supporters react after jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, 75, called on the PKK to disarm and dissolve itself in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey. Photo / AFP Outlawed ...

ANKARA, Turkey — A senior Turkish official on Friday called for the dissolution of affiliates in Iraq and Syria of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, a day after the PKK’s imprisoned leader ...

On the streets of Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast, some of those who had lost relatives fighting on the side of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK ...

On the streets of Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast, some of those who had lost relatives fighting on the side of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK ...