Turkey's crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival and silence on what reforms might follow the end of a 40-year ...

Cihan Sincar clings to hope that Turkey's bid to end a decades-old Kurdish insurgency brings the peace her lawmaker husband ...

Turkish authorities have arrested a Swedish journalist dispatched to cover ongoing nationwide protests on charges of ...

Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The prolonged conflict between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has reached a point where negotiations are unavoidable, stated ...

The executive committee of the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) early on March 1 declared a ceasefire with Turkey. The move heeds a call made two days ago by imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan ...

Turkey's pro-Kurdish party said that President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling alliance had offered no clear steps during closed-door talks on Monday meant to advance a peace process after Kurdish militants ...

Outlawed Kurdish militants 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 ...

“All groups must lay [down] their arms, and the PKK must dissolve itself,” after convening a congress to that end. The 75-year-old rebel chief made no reference to the Kurdish-led statelet in ...

PKK militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey have declared a ceasefire, two days after their imprisoned leader called for the group to disarm. The statement from the Kurdistan ...

While the government is yet to respond in detail to the PKK’s declaration, Erdogan warned that Turkey would “always keep our iron fist ready in case the hand we extend is left in the air or ...

Outlawed Kurdish militants have declared a ceasefire with Turkey, adhering to PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan's call to disband and end decades of insurgency. The PKK pledged compliance with Ocalan's ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Youngsters hold a photograph of the jailed leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, Abdullah ...