At the time, Kurds were denied the right to speak their ... DEM Party wave flags with portraits of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan at a rally for Newroz in Istanbul, Turkiye, March 17, 2024 ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Marking the occasion of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha, Turkey’s nationalist politicians visited a ...

Both announcements mark a big shift in Kurdish strategy. Kurds hope that relinquishing their arms will help them negotiate ...

Turkey and Syrian Kurdish officials are engaged in secret negotiations to normalize ties and end decades of conflict.

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist" to many within wider Turkish society. After a decades-long insurgency ...

The announcement came several months after the group’s imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan ... Many of Turkey’s Kurds view Mr. Ocalan as a potent symbol of the struggle for Kurdish rights.

The announcement came after the PKK held its congress in northern Iraq on Friday, about two months after its imprisoned founder, Abdullah Ocalan ... that many Kurds in Turkiye felt.

Ocalan's capture in ... of PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist" to many ...