Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced on Wednesday that a meeting between Russian and US representatives to ...

The jailed leader of the PKK called on its members to lay down arms and dissolve the group. If his followers heed that call, ...

The PKK is a militant group founded by Ocalan in southeast Turkey in 1978 with an ideology based on Marxist-Leninist ideas.

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Abdullah Ocalan’s appeal raised the prospect of an end to a conflict between Turkey and the PKK that since the 1980s has ...

Prosecutors accused the bar association of "legitimizing the use of force, violence, or threats by a terrorist organization." ...

A senior Turkish official says groups affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Syria and Iraq should dissolve ...

The announcement by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, comes against the backdrop of fundamental changes in the region, ...

Tayyip Erdogan's long-held goal of ending Turkey's conflict with Kurdish militants is a step closer after their jailed ...

Muslims in the Middle East are observing the holy month of Ramadan under exceptional circumstances. Ramadan is seen as a time ...

Shifting to recent developments in Syria, al-Sharaa accused Israel of attempting to impose a new reality in the occupied ...

Turkey's 40-year battle against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) could be nearing an end after its jailed leader, Abdullah ...