Syria's interim government has reached a deal with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to integrate the group into state ...

A demonstrator holds a picture of jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan during a rally in Diyarbakir, Turkey, February 27, 2025 (photo credit: REUTERS/SERTAC KAYAR/FILE PHOTO) The ...

A demonstrator holds a picture of jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan during a rally in Diyarbakir, Turkey, February 27, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/SERTAC KAYAR/FILE PHOTO ...

Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband and end more than four decades of ...

Abdullah Ocalan, founder leader of The Kurdistan Workers ... its imprisoned leader by announcing a unilateral ceasefire with Turkey. This call of the PKK founder is being considered as a ...

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 ...

How Ocalan's declaration will benefit the Kurds, who account for some 20 percent of Turkey's 85 million population, remains unclear. What DEM will gain as a reward for its role in relaying ...

Turkey expects all groups to dissolve, without exception. In his speech, however, Ocalan did not specifically mention any of the Kurdish forces and administrations outside Turkey, although he did ...

Ocalan's call and the PKK's declaration were part of an effort to end the conflict that was initiated in October by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ally, Devlet Bahceli, who is the leader of Turkey's ...

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party , last month called on his group to disband and end more than four decades of armed struggle against Turkey. But Ankara also ...