Türkiye’s almost four-decades-old conflict with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rages on and - in complex ways - plays into Ankara’s domestic and regional calculations. In July 2015, a two-and-a-half year long ceasefire broke down, and the conflict between Turkish security forces and militants of the PKK – recognised as a terrorist organisation by Türkiye, the U.S. and the European Union – entered one of its deadliest chapters in nearly four decades. Crisis Group experts have closely tracked

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, which has been locked in bloody conflict with the Turkish state for more than four decades, announced it will dissolve organizational structure and end its armed struggle. The PKK's decision could boost NATO member Turkey's political and economic stability and encourage moves to ease tensions in neighboring Iraq and in Syria, where Kurdish forces are allied with US forces. | The New Arab

Militant fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) began handing over their weapons near the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah on Friday. It marks a symbolic but significant step in the decades-long conflict between Türkiye and the outlawed group. In a statement, Deputy Chairman and spokesperson for the Justice and Development Party Omer Celik said: "At this stage, we have passed a critical milestone toward achieving the goal of a terror-free Türkiye. From here on, the process of dismantli