Turkey's journalists say press freedom has declined under Erdogan's rule
5 days ago
And what's entailed in the deal between Turkey's national intelligence agency and Ocalan, a captive for 14 years, leading him to order the withdrawal of the PKK armed forces from Turkey?
An encounter shows Kurdish guerrillas in no hurry to abandon Turkey's mountains
10 days ago
These include allowing Ocalan, now in jail on an island near Istanbul, into perhaps some less restrictive form of detention, the release of thousands of pro-PKK Kurdish politicians now in Turkish...
Official: PKK starts moving forces out of Turkey
10 days ago
"The PKK says hundreds of the group's fighters were attacked as they withdrew from Turkey in 1999, after Ocalan was captured and ordered his fighters to withdraw for peace with Turkey.
Kurdish legislators meet jailed rebel chief
61 days ago
A party official says a group of Kurdish legislators has traveled to a prison island off Istanbul to confer with rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan on efforts to end the decades-old bloody conflict.
Jailed Kurdish rebel leader proposes peace plan
80 days ago
Sabah newspaper and other media said Ocalan's proposal foresees the PKK fighters' withdrawal from Turkey by Aug. 15, when the group marks the anniversary of the start of its armed struggle in 1984.
Kurdish leader calls talks 'historic step'
84 days ago
The government declared in December that it was holding talks with Ocalan with the goal of convincing the rebels to declare a cease-fire, withdraw from Turkey and disarm.
Report: Turkey strikes Kurd rebel targets in Iraq
123 days ago
"Talks with Ocalan are aimed at persuading the PKK to disarm and end the conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives since 1984.
Slaying puts spotlight on Kurdish female warriors
127 days ago
Cansiz and Ocalan's now-estranged wife, Kesire Yildirim, were the only two women among a core group that founded the PKK in a village in southeast Turkey in 1978.
Turkey calls on Kurdish rebels to withdraw
129 days ago
Recep Tayyip Erdogan's appeal Wednesday comes as Turkish officials are holding talks with jailed rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan with the goal of convincing the group to disarm and end a conflict...
Official: Turkish military to keep fighting rebels
134 days ago
Last week, the government confirmed that Turkey's intelligence agency was talking to Abdullah Ocalan with the aim of convincing the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, to disarm.
