The Kurdish militant group has announced the end of its armed insurgency against Turkey. But the move will also have ...

The PKK and pro-Kurdish politicians have called for Öcalan's ... Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books. Latest. Quiz of The Week: 28 ...

Fighters from the Kurdish separatist group PKK begin laying down weapons in Iraq as part of a peace process with Turkey.

The PKK has sought to create an independent Kurdish state on Turkish soil, where the Kurds make up some 20% of Turkey's 86 million population. The U.S., the European Union and Turkey have ...

The PKK has long been designated a terrorist organization by the U.S., Turkey, the European Union, NATO, and many other nations and entities. The landmark move announced Monday will end a 40-year ...

What does the PKK’s disarming mean for its regional allies? Syria’s SDF is unlikely to follow the PKK’s lead and disarm, but talks with Damascus could be bolstered.

Imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan on May 12 called for the group to disarm and disband after a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state that cost more than 40,000 lives. Issued on: 20 ...

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist" to many within wider Turkish society.After a decades-long insurgency ...

ANKARA, Turkey — The PKK Kurdish militant group announced Monday that it will disband and disarm as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey, ending four decades of armed conflict. The ...

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia announced its decision on Monday to dissolve the group, a historic move after decades of conflict with Turkey that have killed tens of thousands of people.