Listen to political scientist Pinar Dinc explain what’s led to the PKK’s ceasefire with Turkey on The Conversation Weekly ...

For 40 years, the guerrillas of the Kurdistan Workers Party, known by its Turkish initials PKK, have waged war against the Turkish ... comprise about a fifth of Turkey’s population and are ...

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

They also have a significant presence in northern Syria, northern Iraq and Iran. Turkey’s war with the PKK has been coupled with a crackdown on pro-Kurdish parties, politicians and activists ...

in response to a call by its imprisoned leader to lay down arms and work toward ending a 40-year war for autonomy against Turkey. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or the PKK, agrees with the conten ...

Turkey’s defense minister on Saturday demanded the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) surrender its weapons after the group said ...

An offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Tuesday said the group cannot lay down arms or dissolve unless political and legal reforms are made.

An end to the Turkish-Kurdish conflict may not be imminent despite the ceasefire declared by the Kurdish PKK rebels ...

The detention of İmamoglu, Erdogan’s main political opponent, marks a new stage in Turkey’s descent into dictatorship under ...