Turkiye's peace process with Kurdish militants faces uncertainty, with potential to boost stability or fuel conflict.

Jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan on Monday received his cousin, Omer Ocalan, at Turkey’s Imrali ...

"I salute our people for embracing the Call for Peace and a Democratic Society with great enthusiasm on Newroz. Once again, I ...

The PKK’s announcement of a unilateral ceasefire has won support among Kurds in southeastern Turkey, but hope for peace is ...

Turkey's crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival and silence on what reforms might follow the end of a 40-year ...

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

In October 2024, Bahceli suggested that Ocalan could be released from his Imrali Island prison if he called for the PKK to disband. After a year of negotiations, Ocalan issued a public call on ...

Turkish politics witnessed a major churn on March 20 following the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, the charismatic mayor of Istanbul and a formidable rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The dramatic ...

submitted a new request to the Public Prosecutor's Office in the Turkish city of Bursa and the administration of Imrali Prison to meet with their clients: Leader Abdullah Ocalan, Omar Khairi Kunar, ...

In a historic announcement on February 27, PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, imprisoned on Turkey’s Imrali Island since 1999, called on the PKK and all affiliated factions to lay down their arms and ...

The other interesting comparison is that Kurds have long likened Abdullah Ocalan in prison on Imrali Island to Nelson Mandela who was imprisoned on Robben Island. They both started out as radicals ...