Syria's national dialogue, held in Damascus at the end of February, was intended to chart the country's future, one that ...

Öcalan (center) with the DEM Party delegation at İmralı Island Prison, where he has been held since 1999. A video of Öcalan ...

The PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) should dissolve. I make this call and take historical responsibility,” read the letter from Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdish guerrilla, on ...

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has expressed its dissatisfaction to the Turkish ambassador in response to the Turkish foreign ...

Erdoğan’s outreach to Kurdish forces may signal peace — or a bid to secure support for extending his presidency by fracturing ...

Tehran’s recent setbacks have paved the way for Ankara’s ascent. The Ankara-backed Azerbaijan’s triumph over Tehran-backed ...

There’s a reason to be sceptical about Abdullah Öcalan's call for peace. Efforts to end the fighting in 1993, 1995-1996, and ...

Ankara wants a success story without Western oversight.

The bitter experiences of the past century have proved that a progressive solution to the Kurdish question, which is ...

The PKK leader’s calls for the group to disarm and dissolve is a step towards ending a 40-year conflict with the Turkish ...

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Human rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged for imprisoned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalanlan's call for an end to the organization's decades-long insurgency against Türkiye to be ...