The PKK's original aim was to establish a Kurdish state in the southeast of Turkey, but over time its goals evolved into a campaign for greater autonomy for Turkey's Kurdish population.

Disarmament process begins in northern Iraq after long-jailed leader calls on PKK to disband Ceremony attended by Turkish, Iraqi officials and pro-Kurdish DEM party Disarmament could bolster ...

Some 30 PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday in a move to end long-term conflict in the region that has cost more than 40,000 lives. Tensions rose ahead ...

A ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday saw a handful of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants lay down their weapons, a small but hugely symbolic gesture that marks the beginning of an end to ...

After announcing they would disarm, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) destroyed their weapons in northern Iraq.

The jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on Wednesday again urged his fighters to lay down their arms, days before a symbolic disarmament ceremony is set to take place as a ...

A group of 30 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters ceremonially threw their weapons into a fire on Friday, as a large gathering of Turkish, Kurdish and international journalists, politicians ...

PKK disarmament opens ‘new page in history’ for Turkiye, Erdogan says After announcing they would disarm, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) began destroying their weapons in northern Iraq.

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani has voiced support for the recent symbolic disarmament by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), calling it a potential turning point in the long-running ...

PKK disarmament opens new page for Turkey, Erdogan says Weapons placed by PKK fighters are burnt during a disarming ceremony in Sulaimaniya, Iraq, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) held a symbolic disarmament ceremony today in the Sulaymaniyah district of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, marking what is expected to be the ...

SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq - Dozens of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants began handing over weapons in a ceremony in a cave in northern Iraq on Friday, officials said, marking a symbolic but ...