In February, PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who has been imprisoned on an island near Istanbul since 1999, urged his group to convene a congress and formally decide to disband and disarm. The call by ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced on Monday that it will disband and disarm following its more than four-decade insurgency against the Turkish state that has resulted in the deaths of ...

The PKK’s decision follows talks between the Turkish government and the group’s leader, Abdullah Ocalan, who has been in ...

The PKK Kurdish Militant Group Will Disarm and Disband as Part of a Peace Initiative With Turkey ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Kurdish militant group PKK announced Monday that it is disbanding and ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The PKK Kurdish militant group announced Monday that it will disband and disarm as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey, ending four decades of armed conflict.

ANKARA, Turkey — The PKK Kurdish militant group announced Monday that it will disband and disarm as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey, ending four decades of armed conflict. The ...