A few dozen fighters are planned to destroy their fighters in a symbolic disarmament ceremony. There will be no journalists present and the event will not be broadcast live as part of new security ...

A Kurdish militant group has announced plans to start disarming as part of a peace process with Turkey. The Kurdistan Workers ...

The move came after PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been imprisoned on an island near Istanbul since 1999, urged his group in February to convene a congress and formally disband and disarm.

The move came after PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been imprisoned on an island near Istanbul since 1999, urged his group in February to convene a congress and formally disband and disarm.

The PKK’s decision to disarm came two months after its imprisoned founder and leader, Abdullah Öcalan, issued a statement suggesting that the war had become obsolete.

Abdullah Öcalan has been imprisoned on the Turkish prison island İmrali since 1999. What is his role in the current process? People's leader Abdullah Öcalan is the one who started this process.

Following the initiative, a delegation from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party led a series of meetings with imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan. Following these meetings, ...

Pro-Kurdish supporters wait to take part in a march for the freedom of political prisoner, Kurdish leader Abdullah Oecalan, in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE/SALVATORE DI NOLFI ...