The Kurdistan Workers Party, a militant organization that seeks an independent Kurdistan, announced it was disbanding, a move that is expected to have wide-ranging consequences throughout the region.

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia announced its decision on Monday to dissolve the group, a historic move after ...

After decades of insurgency, the PKK plans to disarm and disband. Although skepticism still remains over Kurdish gains, lasting peace, and implications for affiliated groups in Syria.

Imprisoned founder of the group, Abdullah Öcalan, released a statement from prison calling on the group to convene a ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., said that it would lay down its arms and disband, a decision that could reverberate in neighboring countries. By Erika Solomon and Ben Hubbard A Kurdish ...

The meeting, took place at the Turkish Parliament and came on the heels of the 12th Congress of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) met on Wednesday to discuss the Kurdistan Workers’ ...

The PKK has "waged an insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984", said Politico. Originally, it aimed to create an ...

At its 12th Congress, convened between May 5 and 7, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced its decision to dissolve and end its armed struggle. Founded in 1978, the PKK launched an armed ...

The Kurdish militant group has led an armed insurgency since 1984 that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.

The militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) made "historic decisions" at a congress this week after a call from its jailed leader to dissolve, a linked news agency said on Friday - a potentially key ...

Hours after the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) announced it was disbanding its armed wing, families gathered outside an office in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir, many with tears in their eyes ...