PKK

PKK Urges Turkey to Free Ocalan to Advance Peace Process

A Kurdistan Workers' Party commander said the group will take no further steps in the peace process with Turkey, urging to free PKK founder.

Read More »

Kurdish PKK Fighters to Begin Disarming at Key Ceremony

PKK fighters were to begin laying down their weapons at a ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan Friday, two months after the Kurdish rebels ended their decades-long armed struggle against the Turkish state.

Read More »

Kurdish Militant PKK Says Disbanding, Ending Armed Struggle

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) announced its dissolution, saying it was ending its armed struggle against the Turkish state.

Read More »

Turkey Presses PKK to Disarm ‘Immediately’

Turkey insisted the PKK and all groups allied with it must disarm and disband "immediately," a week after a historic ceasefire.

Read More »

PKK Declares Ceasefire With Turkey After 40 Years of Armed Struggle

Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband and end more than four decades of armed struggle.

Read More »

In Major Shift, Ocalan Calls for PKK to Drop Weapons, Disband

An emotional crowd broke into applause, while others wept in the main city of Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast Thursday as jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan urged his militant group to dissolve and his fighters to lay down their weapons.

Read More »

Syria Leader Heads to Turkey to Discuss Rebuilding, Kurds

Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Ankara for talks on rebuilding efforts and the Kurdish fighters issue.

Read More »

Turkey Threatens to Expand Strikes in Syria, Iraq

Turkey said it could step up air strikes against Kurdish targets in Syria and Iraq after a weekend attack in Ankara.

Read More »

Turkey Accuses Kurdish PKK After Istanbul Attack Kills Six, Wounds Scores

Turkey accused the Kurdistan's Workers' Party of responsibility for a bombing in a busy Istanbul street that killed six people.

Read More »

Turkey, Iran Deploy ‘Game-Changing’ Drones in North Iraq

Turkey and Iran are increasingly adopting "game-changing" drones as their weapon of choice against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, prompting fears for the safety of civilians and stoking geopolitical tensions.

Read More »