Some even suggest that the Turkish President will likely use Ocalan’s call as a way to persuade Kurdish voters to support a ...

Following the call by Abdullah Ocalan to disband the Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, and to lay down arms, Syrian affiliates and the PKK headquarters in Iraq remain ambivalent. What are their options?

Turkey's armed forces have killed 26 Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria in the week since jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's disarmament call, the defence ministry said on Thursday.

Without third party mediation between Turkey and Kurdish groups, it may be difficult to overcome the many barriers that have ...

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

Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan called for his group to disarm and end its conflict with Turkey. The ...

“I am making a call for the laying down of arms, and I take on the historical responsibility for this call,” Ocalan said in his remarks that were relayed at a news conference in Istanbul. “All groups ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The next step in peace talks between the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) must ...

If Ocalan's declaration does not by itself signal the conclusion of the PKK-Ankara war, what is it nevertheless likely to ...

Turkey on Thursday insisted the PKK and all groups allied with it must disarm and disband “immediately”, a week after a ...