The jailed leader of the PKK called on its members to lay down arms and dissolve the group. If his followers heed that call, ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced on Wednesday that a meeting between Russian and US representatives to ...

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The PKK is a militant group founded by Ocalan in southeast Turkey in 1978 with an ideology based on Marxist-Leninist ideas.

Prosecutors accused the bar association of "legitimizing the use of force, violence, or threats by a terrorist organization." ...

Abdullah Ocalan’s appeal raised the prospect of an end to a conflict between Turkey and the PKK that since the 1980s has ...

A senior Turkish official says groups affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Syria and Iraq should dissolve ...

The PKK's decades-long Kurdish insurgency in Turkey has killed tens of thousands of people. Now its long-time leader says it's time to end the fight.

Tayyip Erdogan's long-held goal of ending Turkey's conflict with Kurdish militants is a step closer after their jailed ...

Muslims in the Middle East are observing the holy month of Ramadan under exceptional circumstances. Ramadan is seen as a time ...

Turkey's 40-year battle against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) could be nearing an end after its jailed leader, Abdullah ...

Shifting to recent developments in Syria, al-Sharaa accused Israel of attempting to impose a new reality in the occupied ...