PKK disbands after decades of guerrilla warfare, following calls for peace and democratic process by founder Abdullah Ocalan.

PKK leader Öcalan backs peace efforts after DEM Party visit, praises symbolic disarmament. Turkish parliament forms 51-member ...

The ceremony took place under tight security at a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan - the disarmament process is expected to last all ...

Support from the PKK and Turkiye’s politicians signals a change after decades of conflict, but pitfalls remain.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Abdullah Ocalan, jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), said he hopes a commission ...

Attack is first of its kind in months and occurs as PKK has begun disarmament, ending armed campaign against Turkiye.

Abdullah Ocalan, jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, appeared in a rare online video on Wednesday to declare the group's armed struggle against Turkey over and call ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday praised the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers ...

Nestled in the tri-border region between Iraq, Türkiye, and Iran, the Qandil Mountains have long been shrouded in myth. Difficult to reach due to geography and security, the legends surrounding them ...

In the first footage of him to be released publicly since 1999, Abdullah Ocalan declared that the PKK's armed struggle against Turkey was over.

In the recording, dated June and released by Firat News Agency, which is close to the PKK, Ocalan urged Turkey's parliament ...