ANKARA/BAGHDAD (Reuters) -The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) could start handing over its weapons within days, a spokesman for Turkey's ruling AK Party said on Tuesday, the clearest sign yet that ...

June 26, 2025: On May 12th, the Kurdistan Workers Party/PKK disbanded. PKK leaders deliberated during their recent 12th Congress and decided to disarm and disband. The PKK began an armed campaign ...

The families of PKK fighters speak of their hopes and fears after the group announced it was disbanding.

PKK’s decision to disarm and disband can provide lessons for other countries facing insurgencies.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A senior Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) commander has said that the group will not surrender arms unless the group's jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan is physically freed ...

The PKK then announced a unilateral ceasefire on March 1 and declared its dissolution, and willingness to lay down its arms after its 12th Party Congress on May 5 to 7.

The Kurdistan Workers Party, the PKK, has announced the end to its more than forty-year fight against Turkey, a conflict that claimed more than 40,000 lives. But the declaration, called historic ...

A "major paradigm shift" is required to mend fractured ties between Turkey and its Kurdish minority after the PKK's historic disarmament move, jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan said Sunday. His ...

The PKK, the Kurdish separatist group that has waged a decades-long secessionist movement inside Turkey, recently announced its decision to lay down its weapons and likely abandon its cause. However, ...

The Kurdish Worker's Party, or PKK, has agreed to stop fighting the Turkish state. What does it mean for PKK members, for Turkish politics and even neighboring countries?

What does the PKK’s disarming mean for its regional allies? Syria’s SDF is unlikely to follow the PKK’s lead and disarm, but talks with Damascus could be bolstered.

ISTANBUL - Turkey is embarking on a hazardous path to ensure the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group implements its decision to disband after 40 years of conflict, facing obstacles that ...