The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, announced in May that it would disband and renounce armed conflict, ending four decades ...

The group took up arms in 1984, beginning a string of bloody attacks on Turkish soil that sparked a conflict that cost more ...

Kurdish militants want to return to Turkey and enter mainstream politics, one of the PKK's joint leaders told AFP on Friday ...

The Turkish leader wished for God’s help on the path the country is following "for the sake of our security, our people, and lasting peace in the region" ...

A PKK fighter participates in a disarmament ceremony in Sulaimaniya, Iraq, on July 11, 2025. — Reuters On Friday, thirty ...

STORY: Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, burned their weapons on Friday.The event signified the beginning of ...

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Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party on Friday hailed a "new era" following a historic disarmament ceremony at which PKK militants began destroying their weapons after ending decades of armed struggle.

Three of the limited number of attendees spoke to bianet, sharing their reflections on the PKK’s disarmament ceremony.

Thirty PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a symbolic ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday, two months after the Kurdish rebels ended their decades-long armed struggle against the Turkish state.

The PKK militants ceremonially burned their weapons in Iraq, marking a symbolic move toward ending their insurgency against ...

Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, have begun laying down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony marking the ...