Supporters of pro-Kurdish DEM Party wave flags with portraits of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan at a rally for Newroz in Istanbul, Turkiye, March 17, 2024 [Umit Bektas/Reuters] ...

The mothers of some fighters in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) called on Wednesday for an amnesty for their ...

On August 8, 2025, in the gilded halls of the White House, a handshake between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and ...

Police in Ankara said in a statement that a man detained for setting it alight suffered from psychological problems and also ...

Teke, wearing the white headscarf that has become a symbol of the Peace Mothers, urged parliament to create a legal pathway for fighters to come down from the mountains. “If they come down only to be ...

The ceremony took place under tight security at a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan - the disarmament process is expected to last all summer.

The PKK was founded among Kurds in Turkey, but the conflict with Turkey has expanded far beyond Turkey’s borders over the decades. In addition, the PKK inspired Kurdish groups in Iran, Iraq, and ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Abdullah Ocalan, jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), should be allowed to address ...

FILE - Youngsters hold a photograph of the jailed leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, Abdullah Ocalan as they gather to watch live on a tv screen a Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality ...

ANKARA, Turkey — The Kurdish militant group PKK announced Monday that it is disbanding and renouncing armed conflict as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey, ending four decades of ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The PKK Kurdish militant group announced Monday that it will disband and disarm as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey, ending four decades of armed conflict.