Since the leader of the Turkish Nationalist Movement Party, Devlet Bahçeli, issued his call in October 2024 to disband the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and disarm it in exchange for the release ...

The retired 76-year-old professor of political science was already serving an 18-month sentence for criticizing the Iranian ...

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Saturday announced a ceasefire with Turkey, two days after its jailed leader ...

While Ocalan's call raises hopes for ending decades of conflict with Turkey, questions remain about the future of Kurdish ...

The founder of the P.K.K., a guerrilla organization that has been fighting an insurgency against Turkey for decades, has ...

The PKK is considered to be a terrorist organization ... The 75-year-old endures as a symbol for Kurdish independence and rights and continues to wield influence over the Kurdish movement, with ...

"All groups must lay down their arms and PKK must dissolve itself," he said in a declaration drawn up in his cell on Imrali prison island where he has been held in solitary confinement since 1999.

Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan was expected to make a "historic declaration" on Thursday (February 27, 2025) on ending the decades-long conflict between Kurdish groups and the Turkish State.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has called on his organization to disarm and dissolve as part of a new effort to end 40 years of fighting between the state ...