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 ...

The long historical journey of the Kurdish freedom movement is a multi-layered series of breaks that have transformed not only the political geography of the Middle East but also the fundamental ...

Defense Minister Yaşar Güler on Thursday called on the PKK terrorist group and all its affiliates to comply with dissolution ...

Details of an updated road map for the terrorist group PKK’s disarmament as part of the terror-free Türkiye initiative are gradually emerging. The ...

We celebrate the 47th anniversary of the official establishment of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) (November 27, 1978).

The PKK says it will not advance the peace process with Turkey unless Abdullah Ocalan is freed. Senior commanders call for political recognition of Kurds as Ankara continues indirect negotiations.

Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), made a statement last Thursday through a visiting delegation of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party).

STORY: Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, burned their weapons on Friday. The event signified the beginning of a disarmament process meant to end a bloody, four-decade insurgency ...

A Kurdish militant picks his way along a switchback road in Iraq’s mountains before pulling over to alert his comrades in a ...

PKK, banned in Turkey, convened in northern Iraq after jailed leader called on it to disarm, dissolve PKK dissolution could boost economy in Turkey, security in wider region including Syria Main ...

The announcement is a result of months-long diplomacy. The PKK's historic announcement Monday about ending its armed struggle is the result of months of shuttle diplomacy to end the decades-old ...

On May 9, 2025, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) unilaterally declared an end to its armed struggle, formally concluding more than four decades of violent conflict with the Turkish state. This ...