The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia on Saturday declared an immediate ceasefire, two days after its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called on fighters to lay down their arms and dissolve the group ...

For more than 40 years, the Turkish government has fought the PKK in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria. Recent efforts ...

Newroz Market sells made-to-order specialties -- including shawarma -- along with shelved delicacies shipped from across the ...

People in the Kurdish province of Hakkari (Colemerg) in southeast Turkey demonstrated Kurdish culture and the region’s scenic ...

As the years passed and the death toll mounted, the PKK proved to become a militant arm of a regional ethnic struggle to carry on the Kurdish culture. Kurds are the biggest minority in Turkey ...

Even from the island prison where he has spent the past 26 years, Abdullah Ocalan still wields power over the Kurdistan ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - On the occasion of International Mother Language Day, Kurdistan leaders highlighted the importance of promoting the Kurdish language that is central to Kurdish culture ...

Iraq’s semi-autonomous north is grappling with a severe economic crisis, with many residents forced into massive personal debt.

One of the key objectives of this memorandum is the establishment of a dedicated directorate focused on Kurdish education for ...

Over the years, the PKK has transformed into a militant arm of a regional ethnic struggle to carry on the Kurdish culture, as the death toll mounted. About a decade ago, Ocalan made a similar call ...