After decades of fighting an insurgency, the Kurdish group declared a cease-fire. Two days earlier, the P.K.K.’s imprisoned ...

The PKK's decades-long Kurdish insurgency in Turkey has killed tens of thousands of people. Now its long-time leader says it's time to end the fight.

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia declared an immediate ceasefire on Saturday. Ocalan as pictured, called on ...

Ocalan made a similar call to his followers a decade ago, but the 2013 peace process soon collapsed as tensions reignited, dragging Turkey and the PKK back into a bloody war and ending a two-year ...

Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), urged his followers to lay down arms, potentially ending a 40-year conflict with Turkey. Ocalan's statement was released by ...

People want this war to finish.” President Erdogan cautiously welcomed Mr. Ocalan’s appeal for a ceasefire, calling it a “historic opportunity” for peace but warning that Turkey would not hesitate to ...

The DEM party has long pressed for greater democracy in Turkey, rights for the country’s Kurdish population and to improve conditions for the imprisoned Ocalan. Turkish officials haven't said ...

Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader ...

Abdullah Ocalan, center at the background photo, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File) ...

It could also give Erdogan a domestic boost and an historic opportunity to bring peace and development to southeast Turkey, ...

Celik said: “At the point we have reached today, we declare that it is time to achieve the goal of a terror-free Turkey.” The PKK’s leadership, which is based in northern Iraq, has not yet responded ...

Abdullah Ocalan, center at the background photo, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File) A Kurdish woman shows the V-sing as she gathers with others to watch ...