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 ...

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

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 ...

If Erdoğan and his government simply instrumentalize the promise of peace as a regional power grab, the challenges in ...

The arrest and imprisonment of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu appears to mark a profound transformation in governance in Turkey.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked President Donald Trump to approve Turkey’s re-admission to the F-35 fighter jet program, despite its removal from the program in 2019 ...

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