Demirtaş was transferred to Istanbul on Friday to be by the side of his wife, Başak Demirtaş, who was scheduled for surgery.

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After nearly 50 years of conflict, PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan has called for peace. Could this be the end of Turkey’s longest ...

Most stock markets in the Gulf rose in choppy trade early on Monday, as investors waited to see if imminent U.S. tariffs ...

After the Kurdish PKK militant group’s founder Abdullah Ocalan urged it to disband, hopes of peace are rising – but the path to that goal will still be thorny, experts warn.

There has been a major development in an armed conflict that has raged for decades between Turkey and a Turkish Kurdish group. The group's founder has called for followers to disarm and dissolve.

Residents in Diyarbakir, Turkey's largest Kurdish-majority city, said on Sunday that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party's ...

In Diyarbakir, residents express optimism over the PKK’s ceasefire decision, following the call by jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan for disarmament. This development could potentially end a 40-year ...

The mountains of northern Iraq have for years been a sanctuary for Kurdish ...

Militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party have declared a ceasefire, in what may represent a significant political ...

The militants’ ceasefire announcement could mark a significant boost to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government.

Kurdish fighters who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey have declared a ceasefire, just two days after their ...