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In February, the PKK’s jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, called on his group to convene a congress to dissolve itself and ...
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday that laying down arms is “not enough,” as the Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s ...
The congress followed a February appeal by imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan for the group to dissolve and end its ...
A militant Kurdish group announced on Friday that it had made “historic” decisions during its long-awaited congress earlier this week. The group, however, stopped short of ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening security cooperation, vowing to work against threats, ...
Kurdish militants are close to disbanding as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey to end a 40-year insurgency, a pro-Kurdish party suggested ...
The Turkish and Iraqi leaders signed 11 cooperation deals in Ankara, but talks yield no apparent breakthrough on suspended ...
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani arrived in Turkey on Thursday for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as ...
He acknowledged that the overcrowding has put a severe strain on prison healthcare and human rights standards.
Ankara’s decades-long resistance to Kurdish autonomy is being tested as Syrian Democratic Forces seem to be insisting on ...
Ministry spokesman General Moqdad Miri said the Narcotics Directorate "seized a truck from Syria, bound for Iraq, via Turkey, transporting 1.1 tonnes" of the powerful synthetic stimulant.