Indian security forces killed 27 rebels this week, including a top Maoist leader. This week, Andrew Mueller explains the ...

Under the current constitution, Mr Erdogan cannot run again unless early elections are called or the legal framework is ...

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

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

The decision by the PKK, or Kurdistan Workers’ Party, promises to end one of the longest insurgencies in the Middle East and could have significant impact in Turkey, Syria and Iraq. It was ...

Sinan Ülgen considers the reasons for, and implications of, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s decision to disband.

For Turkey, peace with the PKK now would further reduce a weakened Iran’s ability to project power westward. Some groups ...

the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has sought to secure a Kurdish Homeland. However, on Monday, the militant group, which has ...

Following the 12th congress held between May 5–7, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the US, and the EU, announced its imminent disarmament ...

The PKK has "waged an insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984", said Politico. Originally, it aimed to create an ...

The decision to disarm will have significant security and political ramifications for the region.

The group has waged an armed war since 1984. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which for several decades waged an armed struggle with Turkey to create a Kurdish state, has announced its ...