A Kurdish militant group has announced plans to start disarming as part of a peace process with Turkey. The Kurdistan Workers ...

Faced with right-wing attacks amid a growing national profile, Japan’s Kurds could benefit from simple, pragmatic ...

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) could start handing over its weapons "within days", a spokesman for Turkey's ruling AK ...

To block protests over unpaid salaries, security forces in Sulaimaniyah have detained dozens of teachers and civil servants.

After almost half a century, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has agreed to disband following an order given by its imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan. The founding of the party in 1978 by a ...

On 12 May, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced its dissolution and the end of its more than 40-year armed struggle against Turkey. This is a historic decision. The Kurdish issue has ...

Syrian Kurds hold up an image of Turkey's jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan as they gather after Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms on Thursday, in ...

According to Erbil-based Rudaw media in Iraq “Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that his country is engaged in talks with its neighbors on disarmament of the Kurdistan Workers' ...

Ulaş Ateşçi, Barış Demir 13 May 2025 At its 12th Congress, convened between May 5 and 7, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced its decision to dissolve and end its armed struggle.

Although skepticism still remains over Kurdish gains, lasting peace, and implications for affiliated groups in Syria. For forty years, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has sought to secure a ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) says it is disbanding after more than 40 years of armed struggle against the Turkish state. The announcement came after the PKK held its congress in northern ...