Without third party mediation between Turkey and Kurdish groups, it may be difficult to overcome the many barriers that have ...

“The responsibility for this is on me. I want ... Therefore, like its counterparts, it has reached the end of its lifespan, making its dissolution necessary,” Ocalan said.

Among the uncertainties facing Syria is the future of U.S. involvement in the country. Since 2014, Washington has backed a de ...

The Kurdistan Region President noted that a message from PKK leader, Abdullah Ocalan, will be delivered ... American and European officials, as they told me, were very interested and it was ...

A few, like Baran Aydin, a 29-year-old Kurd who said he had been imprisoned for seven years for P.K.K.-related charges and had been released only a week ago, said they trusted Mr. Ocalan’s ...

Abdullah Ocalan, founder leader of The Kurdistan Workers ... the major Kurdish political parties and groups of the region like the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Patriotic Union of Kurdistan ...

Abdullah Ocalan, the founder and leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has issued a statement from prison calling upon the group to dissolve itself and lay down its arms in its fight ...

Now, the group’s imprisoned founder, Abdullah Ocalan, has called on Kurdish fighters to lay down their arms and they have declared a cease-fire. It is still unclear, however, whether 40 years of ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his militant group Thursday to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a new bid to end a four-decade long conflict with ...

Jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan called on Thursday for the Kurdish militant group to hold a congress to decide laying down arms and dissolving itself in a landmark declaration read out in Istanbul.

Imprisoned militant leader Abdullah Ocalan on Thursday announced a call for his Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to dissolve itself. The PKK leader's message was conveyed after a meeting with senior ...