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 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.

A fresh drive to bring an end to Turkey’s 40-year Kurdish conflict has seen politicians from the pro-Kurdish party meet jailed leaders

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.

Turkey has announced a potential peace process with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a group it has battled for decades. This unexpected move could significantly reshape Turkey’s internal politics and the region’s geopolitical landscape.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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 country. Over time ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Two pro-Kurdish lawmakers are set to visit Turkey’s Imrali island prison on Wednesday for the second time to meet with jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan.