Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his militant group on Thursday to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a new bid to end a four-decade long conflict that has claimed tens of ...

Turkey revives Kurdish peace talks after years of deadlock. But military strikes on PKK positions cast doubt on the process. A conflict spanning decades At least 40,000 people have been killed in ...

Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms ...

Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call for peace on Feb. 27 continues to influence public opinion. Civil ...

Turkey's pro-Kurdish party said that President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling alliance had offered no clear steps during closed-door talks on Monday meant to advance a peace process after Kurdish militants ...

With the disintegration of the Syrian state after 2011, the Kurds in northeast Syria became key players in shaping the ...

Some even suggest that the Turkish President will likely use Ocalan’s call as a way to persuade Kurdish voters to support a ...

For Erdogan, securing peace would be a legacy-defining achievement, bringing stability and economic development to Turkey’s southeast while bolstering Ankara’s influence in Syria and Iraq. Yet, his go ...

Kurdish Leader Ocalan Issues Message From Prison, Urging PKK to Disarm to Make Peace With Turkey ISTANBUL (AP) — Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his militant group Thursday ...

ISTANBUL -- Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his militant group Thursday to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a new bid to end a four-decade long conflict with Turkey's ...