The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

Two pro-Kurdish Turkish lawmakers met Wednesday with the jailed founder of the PKK, part of an effort to revive dialogue between Ankara and the banned militant organisation. The two lawmakers ...

He then called for a resolution to the Kurdish question and Öcalan’s release in exchange for declaring before parliament that he had severed ties with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

A senior official from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Serbest Lezgin, denounced the PKK terror group for decades of violence targeting civilians, political ...

Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Party to Meet Jailed PKK Leader Again Wednesday ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party said it will send a delegation to meet Abdullah Ocalan, head of the outlawed ...

PKK Would Leave Syria if Kurdish Forces Keep Leadership Role, Official Says (Reuters) - An official with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Thursday the militant group would agree to leave ...

DEM's first meeting with Ocalan followed Bahceli's surprise proposal last year for Ocalan to announce the PKK's disbandment. The talks fostered peace hopes but the precarious situation of Kurdish ...