In a historic move, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has called for the group to disarm, paving the way for a new peace process in Turkey and a reshaping of alliances in Syria. View on euron

The HIndu profiles on Abdullah Öcalan, former PKK leader, calls for peace and dissolution of the group after decades of conflict in Turkiye.

Ocalan repudiated the “extreme nationalist deviation” of seeking a separate Kurdish state, insisting that the Kurdish question could be solved by “democratizing” the Turkish state.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) was born in the 20th century, the most violent century in history. The political and ideological landscape in which the PKK emerged was shaped by two World Wars, real existing socialism,

The PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) should dissolve. I make this call and take historical responsibility,” read the letter from Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdish guerrilla, on Thursday,

The MHP leader labeled the PKK's announcement "not appropriate," departing his previous idea that it would "benefit everyone."

These meetings culminated in Öcalan’s February 27 statement, in which he urged his organization to lay down arms and abandon demands for Kurdish statehood, self-determination, autonomy, and even cultural rights,

Hundreds of women gathered Diyarbakır's İstasyon Square in a demonstration marking Women's Day. In response to a call from the Free Women’s Movement (TJA) and the Diyarbakır Network for Combating Violence (DAKAP), women dressed in traditional outfits convened in the Ofis neighborhood and marched to the square, chanting slogans and carrying banners.

The German Foreign Office responded positively to the appeal by the imprisoned leader of the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, to lay down arms as part of peace efforts with Turkey. "This is a historic opportunity to break the decades-long spiral of terror,

The imprisoned leader of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, has urged his followers to lay down their arms in the fight against Turkey. "All groups should lay down their weapons and the PKK should dissolve,

Syria’s interim government says it has reached a landmark agreement with Kurdish-led forces to integrate them into state institutions as it tries to unify the country’s diverse communities after a decade of civil war.