Five Turkish soldiers have died after exposure to methane gas on Sunday while searching a cave in northern Iraq for the remains of a fellow soldier killed by Kurdish militants in 2022, the Turkish ...

Turkey is battling deadly wildfires across multiple provinces, with two fatalities confirmed and over 200 homes destroyed.

By bnm Baghdad bureau The Kurdistan Workers' Party announced on July 3 that its fighters in northern Iraq will begin ...

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — A Kurdish militant group that has waged a long-running insurgency in Turkey announced Thursday its ...

The Kurdish militant group PKK, involved in a prolonged insurgency in Turkey, is starting to disarm as part of a peace ...

The end of the PKK’s decades of armed struggle was justified by Ocalan on the grounds that the future for Kurdish politics was peaceful, but “requires the recognition of democratic politics ...

The Turkey–PKK conflict has been an advantage for Iran and a vulnerability for Turkey. Should the PKK dissolve itself in earnest, this will redefine the place of Turkey and Iran in regional Kurdish ...

The PKK, the Kurdish separatist group that has waged a decades-long secessionist movement inside Turkey, recently announced its decision to lay down its weapons and likely abandon its cause. However, ...

The PKK overture makes clear an expected quid pro quo from Turkey is official recognition of Kurdish political and cultural rights, which reportedly has been agreed to but is not yet assured.

Supporters of pro-Kurdish DEM Party wave flags with portraits of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan at a rally for Newroz in Istanbul, Turkiye, March 17, 2024 [Umit Bektas/Reuters] ...

It fought for Kurdish autonomy for years, a fight that has been declared over now. This is all you need to know about why Ocalan and the PKK have given up their armed struggle. Who is Abdullah Ocalan?