Let’s go back to the 1920s in Turkey. The country had just won its freedom. But, it faced rebellions from people who didn’t want to be called “Mountain Turks.” The Turkish state didn’t want cultural ...

and the northern Iraq-based Kurdistan Workers’ Party, known by the initials PKK, has been ongoing now for more than 45 years. Last month, founding PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan called for the group to ...

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 ...

There has been a major development in an armed conflict that has raged for decades between Turkey and a Kurdish group in Turkey. The group's founder has now called for followers to disarm and disband.

FILE - Lawmaker of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democracy Party Sirri Sureyya Onder speaks to the media after talks with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 15, 2015. (AP ...

March 1 (UPI) --The militia wing of the Kurdistan Workers Party announced a cease-fire with immediate effect Saturday to halt ...

Militants from the Kurdish ethnic group who have fought an insurgency against Turkish authorities for more than four decades have declared a ceasefire, in what may represent a significant political ...

(CNN) — The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Monday it would dissolve itself, in what would be a historic move after decades of conflict with Turkey that have killed tens of thousands of people.

There has been a major development in an armed conflict that has raged for decades between Turkey and a Turkish Kurdish group. The group's founder has called for followers to disarm and dissolve.