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

A notorious Kurdish gangster has fled Turkey to avoid extradition on drug-trafficking charges, a Swedish prosecutor has told The National. Rawa Majid, 39, known as the Kurdish Fox, had been living in ...

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s detention sparks mass protests across Türkiye. As President Erdoğan tightens control, ...

At a cafe, youth gathered to debate the best political ... Turkey wants to reduce the influence of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a militant group whose goal is a Kurdish homeland in parts of ...

LEADER TELLS PKK TO LAY DOWN ARMS: Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan called for the disarmament and dissolution of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Thursday. WEATHER: High of 8C, sunny ...

A traditionally nomadic society spread across modern day Turkiye, Syria, Iran, Iraq, and Armenia, the Kurdish people have been moving around for more than a century in search for Kurdistan — a ...

Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is on the horizon ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Region ... saying the attack was part of a broader campaign to erase Kurdish identity. “On the painful memory of the chemical attack on Halabja, we ...

Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time ...

Kurdistan Workers’ Party leader Abdullah ... dissolve and pursue a political struggle — provided Turkey commits to resolving the Kurdish issue through peaceful and democratic means.