Both announcements mark a big shift in Kurdish strategy. Kurds hope that relinquishing their arms will help them negotiate ...

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 ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has announced that it plans to disband and disarm, potentially bringing decades of conflict with Turkiye to an end. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed the move ...

After 40 years, with 40,000 people killed, and without securing a Kurdish homeland, the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, the PKK, is ending its war against the Turkish state.

While this gesture of disarmament appeared to mark a historic turning point—a shift from armed resistance to peaceful, ...

While the PKK declared disbandment amid Öcalan’s call, deep rifts and contradicting statements shadow peace hopes ...

Responding to the statement, Ömer Çelik, spokesperson for the ruling AK Party, reaffirmed the government’s position that all ...

It should be remembered that there are approximately 40 million Kurds in the Middle East, spread across various countries ...

Chair of the KCK Executive Council, stated that Abdullah Öcalan must be released for the PKK to lay down arms.

Something remarkable happened last week, though it didn’t get the attention it deserved: A long and brutal war came to an end ...

The leader of the organization, Abdullah Öcalan, made a call for the PKK’s dissolution in a way that leaves no room for ...