The jailed leader of the PKK called on its members to lay down arms and dissolve the group. If his followers heed that call, ...

Speculation has been rife in Turkey for weeks about an anticipated statement from the jailed leader of Kurdistan Workers’ ...

Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned Kurdish leader, has called on his militant group to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of ...

A senior Turkish official says groups affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Syria and Iraq should dissolve ...

All groups associated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), banned in Turkey, including in Iraq and Syria, should lay down ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan aims to end the conflict with Kurdish militants, following a peace call from jailed PKK ...

The PKK "has fulfilled its mission," says Remzi Kartal, co-chair of the Kurdistan People's Congress (KONGRA-GEL) ...

The PKK's decades-long Kurdish insurgency in Turkey has killed tens of thousands of people. Now its long-time leader says ...

According to the statement, Tehran hopes that Ocalan’s decision will have a favorable impact on security in the ...

Following Abdullah Öcalan’s call for disarmament of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Syrian Kurdish leaders said the ...

Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan has urged Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria to disarm, potentially ending a 40-year conflict. The Turkish government supports this call for a 'terror-free Turkey.' ...

Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call to disarm sparked relief but also fears for the future among Kurds in ...