Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan reaffirmed Ankara's support to Syria’s stability and reconstruction following a meeting ...

After four decades of insurgency, Abdullah Öcalan’s call for democratic politics signals a transformative moment in the ...

Last month, Syria requested Turkey’s support to strengthen its defence capabilities following violence that increased ...

A newly formed parliamentary committee has begun meeting to oversee a peace process with a Kurdish militant group.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., said that it would lay down its arms and disband, a decision that could reverberate in neighboring countries. By Erika Solomon and Ben Hubbard May 12, 2025 ...

AKP says new parliamentary commission will only oversee PKK disarmament, rejecting negotiations or constitutional amendments.

That sent a chilling message to the opposition and further narrowed the space in Turkey for democratic engagement. A sense of ...

World Jan 13 Turkey strikes at Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria after deadly military base attack By Andrew Wilks, Associated Press ...

After four decades of fighting, almost 40,000 casualties, and billions of dollars spent, Turkey has failed to contain Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

A statement from the office of Kurdish President Massoud Barzani said the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, known as the PKK, “should withdraw its fighters from the Kurdish region so to ensure the ...

Cemil Bayik, a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), speaks near the Iraq-Turkey border on October 19, 2013. Bayik has promised to step up the PKK's fight against Turkey.

The disarmament of the P.K.K., a group that has battled since the 1980s for Kurdish independence, could end a conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people. By Ben Hubbard and Safak Timur In ...