After decades of fighting an insurgency, the Kurdish group declared a cease-fire. Two days earlier, the P.K.K.’s imprisoned ...

The founder of the P.K.K., a guerrilla organization that has been fighting an insurgency against Turkey for decades, has ...

The 75-year-old militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has spent a quarter of a century in jail after leading his Kurdistan Workers ...

Speculation has been rife in Turkey for weeks about an anticipated statement from the jailed leader of Kurdistan Workers’ ...

While Ocalan's call raises hopes for ending decades of conflict with Turkey, questions remain about the future of Kurdish ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this file photo dated Wednesday, March 21, 2018, a youth holds a ...

Jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call for his Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to disband and lay down its arms after ...

A demonstrator holds a picture of jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan during a rally in Diyarbakir, Turkey, February 27, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/SERTAC KAYAR/FILE PHOTO ...

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

Revelers danced in the street in the city of Qamishli and waved flags featuring Ocalan’s portrait alongside the Kurdish flag. “We welcome the historic announcement by Leader Abdullah Ocalan ...

Who Is Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish Militant Leader Urging Peace With Turkey? By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The 75-year-old militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has spent a quarter of a century ...

ISTANBUL — Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his militant group Thursday to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a new bid to end a four-decade long conflict with Turkey's ...