The Kurdish militant group known as the PKK announced this week that it would end its "work under the name of PKK." The ...

When Abdullah Ocalan said his Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, should lay down its arms and disband after more than four decades of conflict with the Turkish state and tens of thousands of deaths, ...

For Turkey, peace with the PKK now would further reduce a weakened Iran’s ability to project power westward. Some groups ...

The PKK has "waged an insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984", said Politico. Originally, it aimed to create an ...

After the decision by the Kurdish militant group PKK to disband, Turkey was eyeing Wednesday a raft of legal and technical ...

After decades of insurgency, the PKK plans to disarm and disband. Although skepticism still remains over Kurdish gains, lasting peace, and implications for affiliated groups in Syria.

Thousands of heavily armed PKK fighters in northern Iraq, where the group is based, are now expected to surrender their weapons at numerous locations across the region, with many then returning to ...

We see this move not just as an internal decision by the PKK but as an opportunity to achieve lasting peace,” said Fouad ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has ended four decades of armed struggle against the Turkish state. The PKK, which has ...

Observers expect the Turkish government to now show a new openness to the Kurds. ISTANBUL (AFP) – All eyes were on the ...

After over 40 years of fighting, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is designated as a terrorist organization by many countries, has officially laid down its arms and dissolved.

A top official says Turkey is closely monitoring any attempts to undermine its peace initiative with the PKK following the militant Kurdish group’s announcement that it is ending its decades-long arme ...