Kurdish militants declare a ceasefire in a 40-year insurgency in Turkey
Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire on Saturday in what could mark a ...
Kurdish PKK militants declare ceasefire, heeding jailed leader's call
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group declared an immediate ceasefire on Saturday, a news agency close to ...
Kurdish Insurgent Group Declares Cease-Fire in Conflict With Turkey
The group, the P.K.K., made its declaration days after its long-imprisoned leader urged the movement to disarm and disband.
Kurdish PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey after jailed leader's call
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Saturday announced a ceasefire with Turkey, two days after its jailed leader ...
Kurdish militia declares ceasefire following leader’s call to end five-decade insurgency with Turkey
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia on Saturday declared an immediate ceasefire, two days after its jailed leader ...
Turkey seeks dissolution of PKK-linked groups in Syria and Iraq, following leader’s peace plea
A senior Turkish official says groups affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Syria and Iraq should dissolve ...
Erdogan says new phase started in efforts for 'terror-free' Turkey after Ocalan call
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that a disarmament call from the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan ...
Deal With Kurds May Benefit Erdogan at Home and Abroad
The gambit could give the Turkish president a chance to extend his power, while also calming a conflict that threatens to ...
A half-century insurgency in the Middle East may be ending. Here’s why
The jailed leader of the PKK called on its members to lay down arms and dissolve the group. If his followers heed that call, ...