Kurdistan Workers' Party

Turkish man convicted of PKK membership

7 days ago

A Berlin state court said Tuesday it found 43-year-old Vezir T. guilty of being a high-ranking member of the banned PKK in eastern Germany, and found that he raised money for the group.

An encounter shows Kurdish guerrillas in no hurry to abandon Turkey's mountains

41 days ago

A full PKK withdrawal could change the face of Turkey, especially if the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan reciprocates with a series of political moves demanded by the Kurds.

Official: PKK starts moving forces out of Turkey

41 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 rebels to start retreating from Turkey

42 days ago

Both Turkey and the PKK have said the withdrawal will take place quietly and without fanfare.

Kurdish legislators meet jailed rebel chief

92 days ago

The government has acknowledged holding talks with Ocalan with the aim of persuading the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, to disarm.

Jailed Kurdish rebel leader proposes peace plan

111 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'

115 days ago

Ocalan's Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, is fighting for self-rule in southeast Turkey.

Alleged Kurdish extortion ring: France charges 11

120 days ago

The PKK's conflict with Turkish forces has claimed tens of thousands of lives since 1984 when the rebels took up arms seeking autonomy in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast.