ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey's parliament launched a commission on Tuesday to oversee the disarmament of the outlawed Kurdistan ...

Makhmour Camp, seen by Ankara as a PKK stronghold, will be emptied by September under a Turkey-Iraq-KRG peace agreement, ...

A newly formed parliamentary committee has begun meeting to oversee a peace process with a Kurdish militant group.

The PKK had waged an armed insurgency against Turkey since 1984, initially with the aim of establishing a Kurdish state in ...

That sent a chilling message to the opposition and further narrowed the space in Turkey for democratic engagement. A sense of ...

Her living room has become a shrine to Rojbin, who smiles out from a cluster of photos. She has light brown hair and a big, toothy grin. Sadet is part of a group called the Mothers of Peace, Kurdish ...

Turkey’s parliament speaker on Friday announced that the commission tasked with establishing a legal framework for the peace ...

The ceremony took place under tight security at a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan - the disarmament process is expected to last all summer.

Turkey considers the YPG an offshoot of the PKK. There is speculation that the SDF fighters could be integrated into Syria's new national army. Any foreigners in the SDF's ranks should return home.

Ankara hopes for the PKK's disarmament and the SDF's integration under Damascus, but skepticism and risks remain.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has waged an armed insurgency against Turkey since 1984, initially with the aim of establishing a Kurdish state in the southeast of the country.

ANKARA, Turkey — The Kurdish militant group PKK announced Monday that it is disbanding and renouncing armed conflict as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey, ending four decades of ...