The PKK begins disarmament Friday near Sulaimani, following Öcalan’s call to end armed struggle. A phased handover monitored by Turkish, Iraqi, and Kurdish officials marks a historic step toward peace ...

PKK terrorists began laying down their arms at a ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday, two months after the group decided to ...

PKK fighters were to begin laying down their weapons at a ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan Friday, two months after the Kurdish ...

Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the separatist terrorist organization PKK, reiterated his call for the terrorist organization ...

Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has announced an end to the group’s armed ...

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The country’s ruling bloc initiated the ongoing new Kurdish peace process by offering Abdullah Öcalan the right to hope in ...

As the president’s traditional support wanes, he is seeking a risky deal with the Kurds to buy a political lifeline. But is ...

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party says the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will take a first formal step toward disarmament on ...

Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed founder of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey, has called on his followers to ...

"Politics know no vacuum; therefore, the vacuum should be filled with the program of 'Democratic Society'," said Öcalan.

Imprisoned former leader of the PKK terrorist group, Abdullah Öcalan, has issued a rare and significant statement urging a ...