Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that a disarmament call from the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, started a new phase in the efforts for a "terror-free Turkey".

In 2015-2016 alone, more than 1 million migrants came to Germany, most from Syria, but also from Afghanistan and Iraq. Since the last national election in 2021, the number of naturalizations in Germany has risen sharply: More than 500,

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

A senior Turkish official on Friday called for the dissolution of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party’s affiliates in Iraq and Syria, a day after the PKK’s imprisoned leader urged his militant group to disarm and disband in a bid to end a four-decade conflict with Turkey.

The PKK has not yet reacted to the call, but the Syrian Kurdish YPG, the spearhead of a key U.S. ally against Islamic State in Syria that Ankara views as an extension of the PKK, has said Ocalan's message did not apply to them.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani has received an invitation to visit Iraq with the date to be determined later after consultations on the agenda, Syria's state news agency SANA said on Friday.

Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call to disarm sparked relief but also fears for the future among Kurds in Syria and Iraq, who long for peace after fighting hard

Turkish president’s comments come as his party urged PKK affiliates in Iraq and Syria to also dissolve and disarm.

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

All Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria, including U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish forces, must lay down their weapons after the peace call from the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK),

Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call to disarm sparked relief but also fears for the future among Kurds in Syria and Iraq, who long for peace after fighting hard for autonomy. While SDF leader Mazloum Abdi welcomed Ocalan's statement as a step towards peace,

Tayyip Erdogan's long-held goal of ending Turkey's conflict with Kurdish militants is a step closer after their jailed chief's peace call, giving the president a potential political boost at home and a chance to resolve key regional security concerns.