The PKK has demanded the release of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan from prison as a precursor to peace talks—but doing so ...

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish lawmakers overseeing the disarmament of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group ...

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, does not want to risk that. Letting out Selahattin Demirtas, a Kurdish politician and former presidential candidate, would have been a less controversial ...

Turkey's European Union Affairs Minister Omer Celik speaks during an interview with Reuters at the Turkish Embassy in London ANKARA/BAGHDAD (Reuters) -The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) could start ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will take no further steps in indirect talks with Turkey as long as its founder Abdullah ...

After its four-decade insurgency against Turkey's government, the Kurdistan Workers' Party has symbolically laid down its arms. The historic turning point presents opportunities and challenges for ...

Jailed PKK leader Ocalan is seen in the prison island of Imrali (Reuters) -Abdullah Ocalan, jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, appeared in a rare online video on ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey is embarking on a hazardous path to ensure the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group implements its decision to disband after 40 years of conflict, facing obstacles ...

Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband and end more than four decades of ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey is closely monitoring any attempts to undermine its peace initiative with the PKK, a senior official said Tuesday, following the militant Kurdish group’s announcement that ...

The jailed founder of the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan has called for it to end its insurgency against the Turkish state — Delil SOULEIMAN Turkey on Thursday insisted the PKK and all ...

Turks and Kurds may be trading accusations over responsibility for the execution-style murder of three Kurdish activists in the heart of Paris last week, but they agree on one point: the timing was no ...