The jailed leader of the PKK called on its members to lay down arms and dissolve the group. If his followers heed that call, ...

Tayyip Erdogan's long-held goal of ending Turkey's conflict with Kurdish militants is a step closer after their jailed ...

A senior Turkish official says groups affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Syria and Iraq should dissolve ...

The PKK's decades-long Kurdish insurgency in Turkey has killed tens of thousands of people. Now its long-time leader says it's time to end the fight.

Israel is lobbying the United States to keep Syria weak and decentralised, including by letting Russia keep its military bases there to counter Turkey's growing influence in the country, four sources ...

While Ocalan's call raises hopes for ending decades of conflict with Turkey, questions remain about the future of Kurdish ...

Prosecutors accused the bar association of "legitimizing the use of force, violence, or threats by a terrorist organization." ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced on Wednesday that a meeting between Russian and US representatives to ...

The PKK is a militant group founded by Ocalan in southeast Turkey in 1978 with an ideology based on Marxist-Leninist ideas.

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Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi said he welcomed the historic call by Ocalan for the PKK to drop its ...

ISTANBUL - Turkey's 40-year battle against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) could be nearing an end after its jailed leader, ...