Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party said it will send a delegation to meet Abdullah Ocalan, head of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in jail on Wednesday for a second time as part of a political effort to end a decades-long conflict.

The detentions come amid efforts in Turkey aimed at ending a 40-year conflict between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia and the state, which have fostered hopes for peace. The PKK is deemed a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the U.S. and ...

Turkey has emerged as one of the most influential power brokers in Syria after rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last month, ending his family's brutal five-decade rule.

The DEM Party has labeled the meetings as crucial steps toward enhancing dialogue and reconciliation. The delegation plans to hold a third meeting with Ocalan before submitting his roadmap to Turkish political leaders.

What is the PKK? The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has waged an armed insurgency against Turkey since 1984, initially with the aim of establishing a Kurdish state in the southeast of the ...

ISTANBUL — A delegation from one of Turkey’s biggest pro-Kurdish political parties ... the imprisoned head of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. While the PKK has led an armed insurgency against the Turkish state since the 1980s, the DEM is ...

A delegation from Turkey's pro-Kurd DEM political party met Saturday with its former president, jailed since 2016, as it pursues an effort to end decades of conflict between Ankara and the outlawed Kurdish PKK rebel group.

Talks aimed at ending a 40-year-old militant conflict have fostered peace hopes in Turkey but the precarious situation of Kurdish forces in Syria and uncertainty about Ankara's intentions have left many Kurds anxious about the path ahead.

Turkish President Erdogan has stated that if the PKK disregards a potential call from their jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, to lay down arms, Turkey will achieve a terror-free state through alternative strategies.

A delegation from Turkiye's pro-Kurdish political party met jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas in a step towards ending a 40-year conflict. The meeting, following a rendezvous with PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan,

Turkey's top diplomat on Friday ruled out a role for French troops in Syria, saying it was only negotiating with the United States which has sought to head off Turkish military action against Kurdish fighters there.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party said ... forward to a second meeting with jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan to ensure “the process ...