Speculation has been rife in Turkey for weeks about an anticipated statement from the jailed leader of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). What would Abdullah Ocalan say? When would he say it? How would ...

Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his militant group on Thursday to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a new bid to end a four-decade long conflict that has claimed tens of ...

Now, the group’s imprisoned founder, Abdullah Ocalan, has called on Kurdish fighters to lay down their arms and they have declared a cease-fire. It is still unclear, however, whether 40 years of ...

Turkey's jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down arms on Thursday, a move that could end its 40-year conflict with Ankara and have far-reaching ...

By Ben Hubbard Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of a Kurdish guerrilla movement that has been waging a bloody insurgency against the Turkish state for decades, has called on his fighters to ...

Abdullah Ocalan’s appeal raised the prospect of an end to a conflict between Turkey and the PKK that since the 1980s has killed an estimated 40,000 people.

The PKK's decades-long Kurdish insurgency in Turkey has killed tens of thousands of people. Now its long-time leader says it's time to end the fight.

Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call for peace on Feb. 27 continues to influence public opinion. Civil ...

Thursday's call from Abdullah Ocalan for the PKK to disarm and disband could potentially lead to ending a 40-year conflict between the group and the Turkish state and have far-reaching political and ...

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