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Iraq has welcomed on Thursday the call by Abdullah Ocalan, jailed leader of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), for ...

The challenge for Turkey and the Kurds is to build an inclusive national identity capacious enough to accommodate Kurdish identity and aspirations.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Syrian Kurds hold flags as they gather after Turkey The video marks a rare and pivotal moment in the long-running conflict, ...

Yesterday, (28 December 2024), members of parliament for the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party, Pervin Buldan ve Sırrı Süreyya Önder, held a comprehensive meeting with PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan.

ANKARA, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Turkey's pro-Kurdish political party said on Tuesday that Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the PKK militant group, will make a "historic call" soon, amid a political ...

Feb. 27 (UPI) --Abdullah Ocalan, imprisoned founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party known as PKK, sent a letter calling for the group to disarm and dissolve to make peace with Turkey. "I am making a ...

Turkish lawmakers on Monday voted through a bill offering limited amnesty for Kurdish PKK militants, a key step in the peace ...

In fact, even if Turkey withdraws its reservations from the EU charter on local self-government, Kurds will not just sit back; they will continue to struggle for self-rule. This might not happen today ...

A delegation from the Kurdish nationalist People’s Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) visited imprisoned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan for the third time on Thursday. As ...

In a radical new turn in the Kurdish-Turkish conflict, Abdullah Öcalan, the long-imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), has called on his party to lay down its arms and disband. He ...