Now, after four decades of fighting and 40,000 lives lost, there is cautious hope that the conflict haunting Turkey could end. On Thursday, Abdullah Öcalan, who founded the PKK in 1978 and is ...

Kurdish militants have declared a ceasefire in their 40-year conflict with Turkey, two days after their imprisoned leader called for the group to disarm. The statement from the Kurdistan Workers ...

(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File) Kurdish women dance during the Newroz celebrations marking the start of spring in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File) The ...

Syrian Kurds gathered this week to listen to a message from jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK has declared a ceasefire with Turkey after its jailed leader Abdullah ...

By Carlotta Gall By seeking a peace deal with Kurdish militants, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey is attempting something momentous that not only aims to end 40 years of violent insurgency ...

During recent student-led protests, demonstrators have also re-imagined Banksy's famous girl reaching for a heart-shaped, red balloon mural to include a bloody handprint -- the symbol of the anti ...

It appears that the BYU basketball team has its Thanksgiving planned. The Cougars will play in a four-team event in Orlando during Thanksgiving week this November, according to a Thursday report from ...

By Ben Hubbard Ben Hubbard covers Turkey and the surrounding region. For more than four decades, Turkey has been fighting an armed insurgency by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., a ...

As well as more than a decade of civil war, the Syrian Kurds have faced years of conflict with its northern neighbour, Turkey - a battle they are still fighting. Kobane in January 2015 ...