The conflict between Turkey and the Kurds is one of the longest-running armed conflicts in the world. It also prevents President Donald Trump from achieving his stated goals of creating lasting peace ...

Turkish lawmakers are set to visit jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan as part of efforts to formalize peace talks, following signs of de-escalation and coordinated parliamentary backing. Turkey ...

Salih Muslim, former co-chair and current member of the co-presidency council of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the main Kurdish political movement in Syria, spoke to bianet recent developments in ...

FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator holds a picture of jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan during a rally in Diyarbakir, Turkey, February 27, 2025. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar/File Photo FILE PHOTO: A ...

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey's crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival and silence on what reforms might follow the end of a 40-year conflict with Kurdish militants are stoking ...

PKK militants have agreed to disarm and disband Pro-Kurdish DEM party meets Turkey's President Erdogan PKK will start handing over weapons this weeks, media say ANKARA, July 7 (Reuters) - Turkey's pro ...

Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party on Monday hailed the withdrawal of PKK fighters from Turkish soil as a "critical" step that completed the first phase of Ankara's peace process with the Kurdish ...

ANKARA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party said on Monday that the Turkish government had no more "excuses" to delay a peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) now that a ...

Southeast Turkey, where the army has battled Kurdish militants for decades, is not yet convinced that lasting peace is at hand. In a slickly managed ceremony across the border in Iraq Friday, members ...

“Of course, as a political movement with a parliamentary group and the third largest party in Turkey, we are an actor in this process. We will contribute significantly to ending the conflict as a ...