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

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 ...

The Kurdish militia group, the PKK, had decided to disband and lay down its arms, after decades of launching attacks against ...

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 ...

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

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist ...

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

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

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

The PKK announced that it had held a congress in Iraqi Kurdistan, most likely to decide on disbanding after its leader's call ...