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 ...

Bullet holes riddle the walls near Turan Rapsur’s shuttered bakery – a reminder of the deadly violence that broke out last ...

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 ...

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 ...

Five people died Thursday in new attacks on the Turkish security forces blamed on Kurdish militants, as Ankara stepped up its controversial campaign against the separatist rebels. A new wave of ...

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party on Wednesday filed a bill in parliament to advance a peace initiative aimed at ending the decades‑long conflict with Kurdish ...

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 ...