I think it is one of the most stable, one of the most advanced, economically successful, and pleasant places in the region," ...

Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), met with family members on the occasion of ...

The PKK’s announcement of a unilateral ceasefire has won support among Kurds in southeastern Turkey, but hope for peace is ...

Cihan Sincar clings to hope that Turkey's bid to end a decades-old Kurdish insurgency brings the peace her lawmaker husband ...

Turkey's crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival and silence on what reforms might follow the end of a 40-year ...

Turkish authorities have arrested a Swedish journalist dispatched to cover ongoing nationwide protests on charges of ...

This headline alludes to works of literature to illustrate political realities, beginning with Ernest Hemingway's “A Farewell to Arms” and up to the Kurdish author Ronak Murad's famous novel about the ...

But in recent months, the Turkish government has sought to end the decades-long conflict and last month, jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan urged his fighters to lay down their weapons and disband.

Today, the relatives of leader Abdullah Ocalan submitted a new request to the Office of the Chief Public Prosecutor in the Turkish city of Bursa and the Directorate of Imrali Prison to meet with him.

Ocalan, held in a Turkish prison since 1999, called last month for the PKK to disarm and disband. But the process has been shaken by Wednesday's arrest of Imamoglu, which has triggered protests by ...

Three weeks after jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan urged his militants to disband, Turkey’s Kurds were celebrating their Newroz New Year Friday with peace prospects still remote. The efforts to ...