Abdullah Ocalan, founder leader of The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) made a historic call from İmralı prison where he is being held in near total isolation since 1999 to his party to lay down ...

Jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call for his Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to disband and lay down its arms after decades of armed struggle has been widely hailed as a historic moment ...

This latest dispute follows Iranian criticism of Turkey’s Syria policy and comes after PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan urged his group to disarm in February. In response, Turkish Foreign Minister ...

A demonstrator holds a picture of jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan during a rally in Diyarbakir, Turkey, February 27, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/SERTAC KAYAR/FILE PHOTO ...

If Ocalan's declaration does not by itself signal the conclusion of the PKK-Ankara war, what is it nevertheless likely to herald? And does the declaration have broader regional implications?

(AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad) Kurdish residents hold flags showing Abdullah Ocalan as they attend a gathering to see live a Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party, or DEM, delegation ...

The Iraqi Initiative for Ocalan Freedom issued a statement to the public on the occasion of International Women's Day, stating: "On March 8, the world celebrates International Women's Day, a day in ...

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), last month called on his group to disband and end more than four decades of armed struggle against Turkey. But Ankara also ...

Cities and rural areas in the Syrian coast witnessed violations against civilians during sweeping operations carried out by Damascus authority forces as a result of the ongoing events there since last ...