PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan is leading peace efforts to end a Kurdish armed rebellion against Turkiye after four decades.

While the PKK’s announcement that it would heed Ocalan’s call and disarm was welcomed by SDF leader Mazloum Abdi, he said his ...

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 ...

This week’s disbanding of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) could see its ailing 77-year-old founder Abdullah Ocalan, who ...

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

In a message released on Tuesday, Ocalan conveyed his respect and approval of the congress, held from Nov. 5 to 7, and paid ...

The decision to disarm will have significant security and political ramifications for the region.

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

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

The Kurdish militant group has led an armed insurgency since 1984 that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Monday announced its dissolution and the end of its armed struggle, drawing a line ...