Turkey's Kurds Say PKK Militants Heeding Jailed Leader's Peace Call Is the Right Move
On Saturday, the PKK declared an immediate ceasefire, a news agency close to it said, heeding jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan's disarmament call, in what could be a major step towards ending a 40-year insurgency that has killed more than 40,000 people.
These meetings culminated in Öcalan’s February 27 statement, in which he urged his organization to lay down arms and abandon ...
Making peace with the PKK could also lead to a big advance in Erdogan’s mission to stabilise Syria under a friendly new ...
Syria and Turkey would release Turkey and its military of a huge burden. If Kurds in neighboring Syria follow suit, it has the potential to calm a longstanding regional conflict and help ...
Since 2012, Syrian Kurds have been able to carve out a semi-autonomous region in northeast Syria, which they refer to as Rojava, meaning Western Kurdistan. Turkey has repeatedly targeted the ...
In the case of the Kurds, despite the division, sentiments of solidarity and expressed desire for self-determination in the ...
Here is what to know about the P.K.K. and its conflict with Turkey. The group began fighting the Turkish state in the early 1980s, originally seeking independence for the Kurds, who are believed ...
On February 27, an event took place, the consequences of which will affect not only Turkey and the Middle East, but also ...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has sought to position Turkey as an energy hub, connecting gas producers to its east and south ...
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