A highly-anticipated call for a possible de-escalation from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) leader, who is ...

In 1978, Turkish Kurds formed the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a Marxist-Leninist insurgency seeking an independent Kurdistan. It waged an armed struggle against the Turkish government ...

Ten officials were detained in Turkey over suspected links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, expanding a crackdown on ...

ERBIL — As discussions about a potential peace process gain momentum, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has rejected calls for disarmament without direct involvement from its jailed leader Abdullah ...

High in the mountains of northern Iraq’s Kurdistan region lies Amedi, a stunning fortress town that seems frozen in time. Stretching just one kilometre in length, this ancient settlement sits ...

PKK fighters have several positions in Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdistan region, which also hosts Turkish military bases used to strike Kurdish insurgents. Ankara and Washington both deem the ...

The airstrikes were aimed at fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is designated a terrorist organization by Turkey, the EU, and the US. PKK militants are known to operate in the ...

The announcement of Keleş’s elimination comes a day after the counterterrorism service of northern Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said a Turkish drone strike killed three ...

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to surrender its weapons, signalling a potential breakthrough in the country's most intractable conflicts.