In Turkey's Kurdish heartland, distrust erodes peace process hopes
Turkey's crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival and silence on what reforms might follow the end of a 40-year ...
Kurdish group PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey
Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK has declared a ceasefire with Turkey after its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called on the ...
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KDP president hopes PKK leader is released soon
President Masoud Barzani said on Friday that he hopes jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abullah Ocalan is released ...
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PKK demands legal guarantees to lay down arms
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.
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PKK leader Ocalan’s historic call to disarm could go to waste without external guarantors
Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK ... His message was delivered in a 27 February letter from Imrali Prison in Turkey where he remains incarcerated. On 3 March, the PKK ...
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PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey after leader’s call
Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan, front, center, poses with Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) delegation members at the Imrali island prison in Bursa, Turkey, on Thursday. Photo: ...
Is Erdogan using Kurdish peace talks to secure his political future?
Turkey revives Kurdish peace talks after years of deadlock. But military strikes on PKK positions cast doubt on the process. A conflict spanning decades At least 40,000 people have been killed in ...
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Is This the End of Turkey’s 40-Year Conflict With the Kurds?
The leading militant group in northern and eastern Syria near the Turkish border, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, better known as the PKK, declared a ceasefire following a call late last week from its ...
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Kurdish militants declare ceasefire in 40-year insurgency in Turkey
Abdullah Ocalan on Thursday called on the PKK to lay ... The PKK also appealed for Ocalan to be released from Imrali prison, located in the Marmara Sea, to “personally direct and execute ...
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Kurdish militants declare ceasefire in 40-year insurgency in Turkey
Referring to Abdullah Ocalan, who has been imprisoned by Turkey ... The group also called for Ocalan to be released from Imrali prison, located in the Marmara Sea, to "personally direct and ...
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Dancing Through Doubt: Talk of Peace in Turkey Fuels Kurdish Hopes and Fears
The PKK’s announcement of a unilateral ceasefire has won support among Kurds in southeastern Turkey, but hope for peace is ...
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Roundup: Experts weigh in on peace prospects after PKK declared ceasefire with Türkiye
ISTANBUL, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) declared a ceasefire with Türkiye last week, following a call from their imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan for disarmament and ...