A wildfire killed a second person in Turkey’s western Izmir province on Tuesday as blazes raged for a seventh day across ...

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

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

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

Caught between allies and neighbors, Azerbaijan is walking a diplomatic tightrope amid Israeli strikes on Iran, balancing security partnerships, ethnic ties, and regional interests to avoid conflict ...

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 Kurdish question will not vanish with the dissolution of the PKK or with Öcalan’s calls to renounce demands for Kurdish status; it will merely be deferred and reshaped—until a genuine ...

The idea of ‘Kurdish separatism’ and PKK violence have also made Turkish society more accepting of the state’s undemocratic measures. The PKK’s dissolution could in the medium to longer term lead to a ...

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’s dissolution will not guarantee peace in Turkey. The Kurdish people expect equal citizenship and the end the government’s practice of removing elected mayors and replacing them with ...

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.