Now, after four decades of fighting and 40,000 lives lost, there is cautious hope that the conflict haunting Turkey could end. On Thursday, Abdullah Öcalan, who founded the PKK in 1978 and is ...

Kurdish militants have declared a ceasefire in their 40-year conflict with Turkey, two days after their imprisoned leader called for the group to disarm. The statement from the Kurdistan Workers ...

(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File) Kurdish women dance during the Newroz celebrations marking the start of spring in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File) The ...

Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire on Saturday in what could mark a significant boost to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government, two days ...

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a Kurdish militant group, on Saturday declared a cease-fire with Turkey, following a call from its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Öcalan, to disarm and ...

If accepted by Turkey, the declaration could bring about the end of a decades-long conflict estimated to have killed at least 40,000 people and rippled across the borders of multiple neighboring ...

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey, bringing an end to more than 40 years of bloodshed. The imprisoned leader of the Kurdish militant group ...

Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK has declared a ceasefire with Turkey after its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called on the movement to lay down its arms and dissolve. In Saturday's statement ...

Syrian Kurds gathered this week to listen to a message from jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK has declared a ceasefire with Turkey after its jailed leader Abdullah ...

ANKARA, March 1 (Reuters) - Turkey's foreign minister will reiterate at Sunday's meeting of European leaders in London an offer from Ankara to host peace talks between Ukraine and Russia ...

(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A senior Turkish official on Friday called for the dissolution of affiliates in Iraq and Syria of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, a day after the ...

By Carlotta Gall By seeking a peace deal with Kurdish militants, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey is attempting something momentous that not only aims to end 40 years of violent insurgency ...