The decision by the Kurdish mililtant group PKK to disarm and disband was made at a leadership congress in northern Iraq last week
All eyes were on the Turkish government Tuesday with the Kurds and their supporters looking for confidence-building steps a day after the PKK …
PKK leaders decided to disband after an appeal by the movement's jailed founder Abdullah Ocalan
The news was met with a cautious welcome in Diyarbakir, the main city in Turkey's Kurdish-majority south east
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Monday announced its dissolution and the end of its armed struggle, drawing a line under its deadly four…
Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist" to many within …
The Kurds, an ethnic minority with a distinct culture and language, have long fought for their own homeland
Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call to disarm sparked relief but also fears for the future among Kurds in Syria and Iraq, wh…
Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan has been in jail since 1999
Ocalan's capture in exile on February 15, 1999, shocked his supporters