Turkish defense minister calls for PKK's unconditional disarmament
Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler said Saturday that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) must dissolve as ...
The World from PRX21h
Kurds cautiously optimistic about PKK’s ceasefire with Turkey
For more than 40 years, the Turkish government has fought the PKK in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria. Recent efforts ...
Syrian surprise deal with Kurds creates ripples felt near and far
It was a development in the Syrian drama almost as unexpected as the stunningly swift fall of the Assad regime that had ...
Turkish party leader says his arrest is part of a crackdown on Erdogan's political opponents
The leader of a Turkish nationalist party has said he was arrested and detained on political grounds as part of an opposition ...
Amid massacre of Alawites in Syria, Islamist HTS regime and Kurdish SDF reach agreement
The agreement provides for the integration of the armed forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces and the de facto autonomous ...
Protests on International Women's Day in Turkey demand protection from domestic violence
Thousands of women have taken to the streets of Turkish cities to mark International Women’s Day, protesting inequality and violence against women ...
The Economist9d
Kurdish rebels in Turkey declare a ceasefire
Even from the island prison where he has spent the past 26 years, Abdullah Ocalan still wields power over the Kurdistan ...
Al-Monitor9d
Turkey presses PKK to disarm 'immediately'
Turkey on Thursday insisted the PKK and all groups allied with it must disarm and disband "immediately", a week after a ...
Opinion
US Support for a Turkey-PKK Peace Process Would Advance US Interests, Costing Close to Nothing and Saving Billions | Opinion
If President Donald Trump truly wants peace in the Middle East, he should support the Turkey-PKK peace process.
Newsday9d
Turkey says 26 PKK militants were killed in military operations despite peace efforts
The banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, declared a ceasefire in the 40-year insurgency against the Turkish government on Saturday, responding to a call to disarm by the group’s leader, Abdullah ...
Al-Monitor9d
End of an era? PKK leader Ocalan orders militants to end war with Turkey, 'dissolve'
A protester waves a flag bearing a portrait of Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdistan ... as lawmakers from Turkey’s largest pro-Kurdish DEM Party took turns reading Ocalan’s orders to his ...
FDD's Long War Journal9d
Analysis: How will the US-backed SDF be affected by PKK leader’s disarmament call?
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan called for his group to disarm and end its conflict with Turkey. The ...