After four decades of conflict with the Turkish state, the outlawed Kurdish PKK has held a ceremony to mark a symbolic first act in laying down its arms. About 30 fighters, men and women, placed their ...

Ocalan's letter was read out on big screens in Diyarbakir and other mainly Kurdish cities Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdish group PKK, has called on his movement to lay down ...

Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has asked his followers in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down arms and dissolve the group, potentially ending a decades-long conflict with Turkey ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) says it is disbanding after more than 40 years of armed struggle against the Turkish state. The announcement came after the PKK held its congress in northern Iraq on ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., said that it would lay down its arms and disband, a decision that could reverberate in neighboring countries. By Erika Solomon and Ben Hubbard A Kurdish ...