Turkey has the second largest army among NATO countries. Former US special forces officer, now military analyst, Steve ...

For Turkey, peace with the PKK now would further reduce a weakened Iran’s ability to project power westward. Some groups ...

A de-facto ceasefire takes hold in northern Iraq as Ankara details multi-country disarmament plans and Ocalan's future ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) shakes hands with Pakistani army chief Asim Munir in Ankara on September 13, ...

The Kurdish militant group announced a historic decision Monday to disband and disarm, after four decades of armed conflict. It comes days after it convened a party congress in northern Iraq.

After more than four decades of armed struggle, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has announced its intention to lay down ...

The P.K.K.’s disarmament could also shift dynamics elsewhere in the Middle East ... vulnerable and in danger of having its power eroded. “Turkey’s space of maneuver expanded significantly ...

He is following geopolitical and security trends in the Middle East, great power politics, small states' behaviour, emerging unconventional risks and threats, with a special focus on Turkey’s ...

If the Kurds do succeed in establishing an independent state in Syria amid the chaos gripping the region, it could accelerate secessionist movements in other Kurdish areas of the Middle East.

SANLIURFA, Turkey, Dec 30 (Reuters ... possible energy cooperation including transmitting electricity to ease power shortages. He said Syria's pre-war installed power of 8,500 megawatts had ...

A Kurdish militant group announced a historic decision Monday to disband and disarm as part of a new peace initiative with ...