Something remarkable happened last week, though it didn’t get the attention it deserved: A long and brutal war came to an end ...

The PKK, the Kurdish separatist group that has waged a decades-long secessionist movement inside Turkey, recently announced ...

The PKK's announcement set off celebrations but also brought up many questions. Political experts say that the dissolution of ...

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

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 ...

In our news wrap Monday, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party says it's laying down its weapons and disbanding after reaching a peace ...

A separatist Kurdish group agreed to lay down arms to end a 40-year war for autonomy against Turkey, a historic step that ...

In February, the PKK’s jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, called on his group to convene a congress to dissolve itself and ...

Kurdish militants are close to disbanding as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey ... end the conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives since the 1980s. The outlawed PKK, which ...

In a later statement, the DEM party described the PKK’s congress as a turning point toward peace, and paid tribute to all lives lost during the conflict. The party also said Turkey’s ...

Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The prolonged conflict between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has reached a point where negotiations are unavoidable, stated ...

thousands have been forced off their land and whole villages have been emptied out by the conflict. Sergele is now effectively on the front line of Turkey's war with the PKK. When the BBC World ...