Wildfires kill two people in Turkey's western Izmir province as blazes rage for a seventh day:: July 3, 2025:: A little-known ...

A wildfire killed a second person in Turkey’s western Izmir province on Tuesday as blazes raged for a seventh day across ...

By bnm Baghdad bureau The Kurdistan Workers' Party announced on July 3 that its fighters in northern Iraq will begin ...

IRBIL, Iraq -- A Kurdish militant group that has waged a long-running insurgency in Turkey announced Thursday its fighters in ...

The Kurdish militant group PKK, involved in a prolonged insurgency in Turkey, is starting to disarm as part of a peace ...

Caught between allies and neighbors, Azerbaijan is walking a diplomatic tightrope amid Israeli strikes on Iran, balancing security partnerships, ethnic ties, and regional interests to avoid conflict ...

The end of the PKK’s decades of armed struggle was justified by Ocalan on the grounds that the future for Kurdish politics was peaceful, but “requires the recognition of democratic politics ...

The idea of ‘Kurdish separatism’ and PKK violence have also made Turkish society more accepting of the state’s undemocratic measures. The PKK’s dissolution could in the medium to longer term lead to a ...

Kurdish PKK fighters. (Kurdishstruggle via Wikimedia / CC BY 2.0) The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has waged a secessionist campaign against Turkey since 1978, announced on May 12 its ...

The PKK overture makes clear an expected quid pro quo from Turkey is official recognition of Kurdish political and cultural rights, which reportedly has been agreed to but is not yet assured.

Supporters of pro-Kurdish DEM Party wave flags with portraits of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan at a rally for Newroz in Istanbul, Turkiye, March 17, 2024 [Umit Bektas/Reuters] ...