Turkey's Kurds say PKK militants heeding jailed leader's peace call is the right move
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Kurdish militia declares ceasefire following leader’s call to end five-decade insurgency with Turkey
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 ...
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 ...
The comments by Ocalan, who heads the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, were read at a news conference in Istanbul by Kurdish lawmakers and leaders who met with Ocalan earlier Thursday.
ISTANBUL — Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire on Saturday in what could mark a significant boost to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ...
Hope rises to finally achieve peace after years of fighting following the PKK's cease-fire announcement both within Türkiye ...
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) clarified on Sunday that the unilateral ceasefire they announced ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has welcomed the PKK’s declaration of a ceasefire after a 40-year conflict ...
The Diyarbakır families continue their protest against the PKK in front of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) headquarters ...
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