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

PKK's transition. The jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, officially declared the group’s ...

Fighters with the militant Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, began laying down their weapons on Friday in a symbolic ceremony marking a first step toward a ...

The Kurdish insurgent group PKK in Turkey says it will lay down its arms and disband after a decades-long fight that killed tens of thousands.

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.

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 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.

After 40 years of insurgency, the PKK announces it will disband, stating the Kurdish armed group has fulfilled its historic mission against Turkey.

A spokesman for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) said its members should not be forced into exile as a result of any future peace deal with the Turkish government. Imprisoned PKK leader ...

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 ...

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is expected to announce as soon as Friday that it has decided to end its armed struggle against Turkey and will disband itself, two sources familiar with the ...

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.