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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party said it will disarm and disband as part of a peace initiative with Turkey, the PKK-affiliated ...

The Kurdish insurgent group PKK in Turkey says it will lay down its arms and disband after a decades-long fight that killed ...

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