Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdish group, in February called for it to lay down arms and dissolve. Ocalan helped found the group in 1978 and was arrested just over two decades ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced on Monday that it will disband and disarm following its more than four-decade insurgency against the Turkish state that has resulted in the deaths of ...

By Erika Solomon and Ben Hubbard A Kurdish militia group that has waged a bloody insurgency against the Turkish state for four decades said on Monday that it would lay down its arms and disband ...

ISTANBUL—A Kurdish militant group said it would end its armed struggle and dissolve itself after four decades of conflict with Turkey, a move that could help resolve a top security threat for ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Kurdish militant group PKK announced Monday that it is disbanding and renouncing armed conflict as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey, ending four decades of ...

A demonstrator holds a picture of jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan at a rally in Diyarbakir, Turkey, in February Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK, which has waged a 40-year insurgency ...

A Kurdish militant group that fought a four-decade insurgency against Türkiye has reportedly agreed to disband and lay down its weapons. A news agency linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK ...

Three Kurdish and Lorestan prisoners have been told they may soon have four fingers cut off as punishment for theft. The Iranian court says they must get forgiveness from the people who accused ...

ANKARA, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Kurdish militants in Syria will either lay down their weapons or "be buried", amid hostilities between Turkey ...

Members of the Kurdish community clashed with police following the arrests across London in November. The PKK is a Kurdish nationalist organisation which has fought the Turkish state since the 1980s.