Turkey's 40-year battle against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) could be nearing an end after its jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, called on the militant group on Thursday to lay down its arms and ...

ISTANBUL — Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of a Kurdish militant group that has fought a decades-long insurgency against Turkey, issued a call from prison on Thursday asking the movement ...

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia declared an immediate ceasefire on Saturday. Ocalan as pictured, called on ...

The PKK is classified as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the US and the EU ... On the other hand, it is too soon to say whether the PKK will respond fully to Ocalan's call, especially given the ...

Abdullah Ocalan, to lay down arms and end its four-decade-long war with Turkey. In a statement on the affiliated Firat News Agency (ANF), the group's leadership said it would follow Ocalan's ...

People want this war to finish.” President Erdogan cautiously welcomed Mr. Ocalan’s appeal for a ceasefire, calling it a “historic opportunity” for peace but warning that Turkey would not hesitate to ...

It referred to the insurgents' leader, Abdullah Ocalan, who has been imprisoned by Turkey since 1999. “We declare a ceasefire effective today to pave the way for the implementation of Leader Apo ...

This latest dispute follows Iranian criticism of Turkey’s Syria policy and comes after PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan urged his group to disarm in February. In response, Turkish Foreign Minister ...

Abdullah Ocalan, center at the background photo, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File) ...

Celik said: “At the point we have reached today, we declare that it is time to achieve the goal of a terror-free Turkey.” The PKK’s leadership, which is based in northern Iraq, has not yet responded ...

delegation members releasing an statement from Ocalan, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu) ...

Abdullah Ocalan, center at the background photo, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File) A Kurdish woman shows the V-sing as she gathers with others to watch ...