The announcement by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, known by its Kurdish initials, P.K.K., came a few months after its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan, urged the group to disarm and disband.

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia announced its decision on Monday to dissolve the group, a historic move after decades of conflict with Turkey that have killed tens of thousands of people.

Kurdish Workers Party dissolves itself amid deepening war in the Middle East. Ulaş Ateşçi, Barış Demir. 13 May 2025. At its 12th Congress, convened between May 5 and 7, the Kurdistan Workers ...

The Kurdistan Workers' Party, known as the PKK, has announced that it will disband and disarm, potentially ending four decades of bloody conflict with Turkey. The militant group said that "all ...

The militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) made "historic decisions" at a congress this week after a call from its jailed leader to dissolve, a linked news agency said on Friday - a potentially ...

IRBIL, Iraq — A Kurdish militant group that has waged a long-running insurgency in Turkey announced Thursday its fighters in northern Iraq will begin handing over their weapons, marking the ...

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.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) says it is disbanding after more than 40 years of armed struggle against the Turkish state. The announcement came after the PKK held its congress in northern ...

Sceptics point out that hundreds of members of Turkey’s biggest Kurdish party, the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM), have been arrested or removed from office since 2016.That is ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, known by its Kurdish acronym P.K.K., said on Monday that it would lay down arms and disband, ending a decades-long armed insurgency against the Turkish state.

Kurdish PKK Congress Took 'Historic Decisions' After Jailed Leader Urged Disarmament, Agency Says (Reuters) -The militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) made "historic decisions" at a congress this ...