The PKK’s decision follows talks between the Turkish government and the group’s leader, Abdullah Ocalan, who has been in Turkish custody since 1998. Regional dynamics, Turkish domestic politics, and ...

After decades of repression, many of Turkey’s Kurds are hopeful that their long struggle for basic rights may finally be nearing a breakthrough. That hope is fueled by newly launched talks between ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Marking the occasion of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha, Turkey’s nationalist politicians visited a ...

Both announcements mark a big shift in Kurdish strategy. Kurds hope that relinquishing their arms will help them negotiate ...

A March 16, 2025 drone attack by Türkiye or Türkiye-backed Syrian factions killed seven Kurdish children, their 18-year-old ...

Ankara is in talks with regional authorities on the PKK and its affiliates dissolving themselves, with mechanisms ready to ...

Turkey and Syrian Kurdish officials are engaged in secret negotiations to normalize ties and end decades of conflict.

The PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party, a Stalinoid party long strong in the fight for Kurdish rights in Turkey and in Syria) has ...

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Istanbul deputy Numan Kurtulmuş was reelected as the speaker of the Turkish ...

Disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration following the dissolution of the PKK will be a process with no recent ...

The dissolution was therefore ratified at an extraordinary congress on May 12, held in two different locations (one can never be too careful...). This is the culmination of a 25-year quest for a ...

As Turkey builds its power and influence, its opposition to – and agitation against – Israel is continuing unabated.