The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces on Monday ordered their fighters to cease fire following deadly clashes that ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The PKK has 'waged an insurgency' against Turkey since 1984 and an estimated 40,000 people have ...

The decision by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms and apparently disband has reverberated across the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. For decades, the Turkish army has operated ...

World News Kurdish People Fast Facts (CNN) — Here’s a look at Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East including northern Iraq ...

The government is yet to respond in detail to the PKK’s declaration but Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz posted on X that a “new phase has been entered towards the goal of a terror-free Turkey. … We hope ...

ANKARA, Turkey — The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has called on his organization to disarm and dissolve as part of a new effort to end 40 years of fighting between the state and ...

Iencountered patriarchy and male dominance presiding over women and life, all in conjunction with the occupation of my homeland. We all knew that the state was the root cause,” says Peyman Viyan, the ...

The group, the P.K.K., made its declaration days after its long-imprisoned leader urged the movement to disarm and disband, but there are still many questions about the prospects for ending 40 years ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced on Monday that it will disband and disarm following its more than four-decade insurgency against the Turkish state that has resulted in the deaths of over ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East including northern Iraq, eastern Turkey, western Iran and ...