For almost five decades, Turkey has been at war with the PKK, founded by Ocalan in 1978. Much of the fighting has focused on the group’s desire to establish an independent Kurdish state in the ...

On the streets of Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast, some of those who had lost relatives fighting on the side of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK ...

Israel has been a steady supporter of the Kurdish cause, especially in Syria. While the Palestinian issue has long shaped Middle Eastern politics, recent events have opened new opportunities for ...

March 1 (UPI) --The militia wing of the Kurdistan Workers Party announced a cease-fire with immediate effect Saturday to halt decades of conflict between Turkey and the Kurds. The cease-fire ...

According to the results, the population of the Kurdistan region is at 6.5 million, about 14% of the Iraqi population. Fazil Nabi, the former deputy minister of Iraq's Finance Ministry ...

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, March 2 (Reuters) - Residents in Diyarbakir, Turkey's largest Kurdish-majority city, said on Sunday that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party's (PKK) decision to heed its ...

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a Kurdish militant group, on Saturday declared a cease-fire with Turkey, following a call from its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Öcalan, to disarm and ...

On the streets of Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast, some of those who had lost relatives fighting on the side of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK ...