While this gesture of disarmament appeared to mark a historic turning point—a shift from armed resistance to peaceful, ...

Something remarkable happened last week, though it didn’t get the attention it deserved: A long and brutal war came to an end ...

Kurdish demands for regional autonomy have emerged as one of the main fault lines in the new Syria, opposed by interim ...

Turkey's president says he has appointed a team of legal experts to start working on a new constitution which critics say ...

One of the oldest conflicts in West Asia -- the so-called 'Kurdish question' -- is currently inching closer to a solution.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A senior Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) commander has said that the group will not surrender arms ...

Post-PKK Kurdish politics can be transformative because resolution of the Kurdish issue requires a reimagination of Turkish citizenship and nationhood that includes and accommodates Kurdish identity.

Imprisoned founder of the group, Abdullah Öcalan, released a statement from prison calling on the group to convene a ...

Some four decades after orchestrating its first attack against Turkish government targets, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party has ...

While the PKK declared disbandment amid Öcalan’s call, deep rifts and contradicting statements shadow peace hopes ...

Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK, which has waged a 40-year insurgency against Turkey, has announced it's disbanding. More than ...

FILE - Youngsters hold a photograph of the jailed leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, Abdullah Ocalan as they gather to watch live on a tv screen a Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality ...