PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan is leading peace efforts to end a Kurdish armed rebellion against Turkiye after four decades.

The announcement came after the PKK held its congress in northern Iraq on Friday, about two months after its imprisoned founder, Abdullah Ocalan, also known as “Appo”, called on the group to ...

To fully disarm, we must also trust the state," said Murat Karayılan, a senior member of the militant group that declared its ...

The Kurdish militia group, the PKK, had decided to disband and lay down its arms, after decades of launching attacks against ...

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist ...

A top official says Turkey is closely monitoring any attempts to undermine its peace initiative with the PKK following the ...

The PKK announced that it had held a congress in Iraqi Kurdistan, most likely to decide on disbanding after its leader's call ...

A military coup in Turkey forces much of the PKK to flee to neighboring countries such as Syria and Lebanon, where the ...

The Kurdish militant group has led an armed insurgency since 1984 that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.

The Kurdish militant group PKK, whose leader Abdullah Öcalan has been imprisoned since 1999, made the decision to disband in a move towards ending its conflict with Turkey. The Kurdish militant ...

The congress followed a February appeal by imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan for the group to dissolve and end its four-decade insurgency with Turkey. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK ...