Turkey’s president on Friday urged the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to seize the “historic opportunity” to end the ...

President Masoud Barzani said on Friday that he hopes jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abullah Ocalan is released ...

Turkey revives Kurdish peace talks after years of deadlock. But military strikes on PKK positions cast doubt on the process. A conflict spanning decades At least 40,000 people have been killed in ...

according to a message that was relayed by pro-Kurdish party politicians who visited Ocalan on Imrali island earlier in the day. Ocalan’s momentous announcement is part of a new effort for peace ...

In a statement on the affiliated Firat News Agency (ANF), the group's leadership said it would follow Ocalan's orders, issued from his prison in Imrali island on Thursday, which included a call ...

Ocalan, 75, has been imprisoned on the island of Imrali, off Istanbul, since 1999 after being convicted of treason. Despite his incarceration, he continues to wield significant influence over the PKK.

Ocalan, who has been imprisoned on Imrali Island in the Marmara Sea since 1999, had previously called for ceasefires, most notably between 2012 and 2015, but he had never before explicitly asked ...