“This is not an end, but a critical first step toward an honorable peace,” Bakırhan said. “For us, this marks the tangible ...

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party says the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will take a first formal step toward disarmament on ...

The number of Turkish soldiers who died in Iraq after being exposed to methane gas inside a cave has risen to 12, authorities announced on Monday.Turkish authorities on Sunday reported the deaths of ...

A few dozen fighters are planned to destroy their fighters in a symbolic disarmament ceremony. There will be no journalists present and the event will not be broadcast live as part of new security ...

By bnm Baghdad bureau The Kurdistan Workers' Party announced on July 3 that its fighters in northern Iraq will begin ...

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — A Kurdish militant group that has waged a long-running insurgency in Turkey announced Thursday its ...

In Iraq, Kurdish victimhood and resistance date back to the country’s independence in 1932. Under Melle Mustafa Barzani, Kurds endured repression by successive Arab nationalist regimes.

On February 27, 2025, Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the PKK, called on his followers to disarm and dissolve the organization. In a message from his prison near Istanbul, Öcalan urged the ...

After 40 years of armed struggle, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the armed group that has fought for the independence and autonomy of the Kurdish people, has officially announced that it is ...

After 40 years of armed struggle, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the armed group that has fought for the independence and autonomy of the Kurdish people, has officially announced that it is ...

In February of this year, the imprisoned founder of the group, Abdullah Öcalan, released a statement from prison calling on the group to convene a conference and dissolve.