Without third party mediation between Turkey and Kurdish groups, it may be difficult to overcome the many barriers that have ...

Following the call by Abdullah Ocalan to disband the Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, and to lay down arms, Syrian affiliates and the PKK headquarters in Iraq remain ambivalent. What are their options?

Ocalan’s call comes as value of armed fight diminishes, and Kurdish political participation grew – will this continue?

The leader of a Turkish nationalist party has said he was arrested and detained on political grounds as part of an opposition ...

Some even suggest that the Turkish President will likely use Ocalan’s call as a way to persuade Kurdish voters to support a ...

Turkey’s military has continued to conduct deadly attacks in Syria and Iraq on fighters linked to insurgent group Kurdistan ...

Turkey on Thursday insisted the PKK and all groups allied with it must disarm and disband “immediately”, a week after a ...

The United States encouraged its Syrian Kurdish allies to reach Monday's landmark deal with the Islamist-led government in ...

The declaration last week by imprisoned PKK (Kurdish Workers Party) leader Abdullah Ocalan of a ceasefire in his movement’s long insurgency against Turkey is a significant moment, deriving from ...