Cemil Bayık, a senior figure in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has said the group will not lay down its arms or return to Turkey unless its imprisoned founder, Abdullah Öcalan, is freed.

July marks a year since the Kurdish militant group known as the PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by numerous countries, symbolically burned their weapons. Last May, the PKK, or Kurdistan ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party has filed a bill in parliament to advance a peace initiative with Kurdish militants. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, declared ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — 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 government, ...

The Nowruz announcement of a truce between Turkish forces and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) brought optimism to Turkey. The liberal daily Taraf declared, “This is the Spring of Turkey.” Milliyet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters, who reportedly withdrew from Turkey with their weapons, stand to attention during ...

The bill toward “strengthening national solidarity and social cohesion” defines the procedures for overseeing the PKK’s disarmament and the judicial treatment of its members. Parliament's Justice ...