Die PKK kämpft seit 1984 gegen den türkischen Staat und für die Rechte der kurdischen Bevölkerung. Sie wird von Ankara und seinen westlichen Verbündeten als Terrororganisation eingestuft.

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds ... The next day, the former guerrilla who embodies the decades-long Kurdish rebellion, ...

Ever since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad from Syria, analysts had predicted that Turkey and Iran’s interests would soon ...

Listen to political scientist Pinar Dinc explain what’s led to the PKK’s ceasefire with Turkey on The Conversation Weekly ...

Es ist ein Satz für die Geschichtsbücher – zumindest die der Türkei. Am Donnerstag wandte sich der Kurdenführer Abdullah Öcalan an seine Anhänger und erklärte: «Die PKK sollte sich ...

According to Bakhtiar, the PKK has managed to “transform [members of the Kurdish community] into guerrilla fighters” and was “heroic and fought hard,” but failed to “secure a political ...

There has been a major development in an armed conflict that has raged for decades between Turkey and a Turkish Kurdish group. The group's founder has called for followers to disarm and dissolve.

Die Kurden-Miliz organisiert in der Schweiz Ausbildungslager, sammelt Geld und rekrutiert Kaderleute für den bewaffneten Kampf. Es ist ein Satz für die Geschichtsbücher – zumindest die der ...

The PKK is banned as a terrorist group in Turkey, the EU, UK and US. If the PKK's leadership heeds its founder's appeal, which is not guaranteed, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would gain a ...

Founded in 1978 as a Stalinist guerrilla organization that rejected the unified struggle of Turkish and Kurdish workers against the ruling class, the PKK, which gained strength in an environment ...

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), is an icon to many ... The next day, the former guerrilla who embodies the decades-long Kurdish rebellion ...