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

While the PKK’s announcement that it would heed Ocalan’s call and disarm was welcomed by SDF leader Mazloum Abdi, he said his ...

For Turkey, peace with the PKK now would further reduce a weakened Iran’s ability to project power westward. Some groups ...

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

Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), has welcomed the group's decision to dissolve ...

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

In a message released on Tuesday, Ocalan conveyed his respect and approval of the congress, held from Nov. 5 to 7, and paid ...

After the decision by the Kurdish militant group PKK to disband, Turkey was eyeing Wednesday a raft of legal and technical ...

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

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

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 ...