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          PKK

          The Kurdistan Workers' Party is a militant group that waged an armed insurgency against Turkey. Its jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, called on members to disarm and dissolve the group in early 2025

          Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received DEM Party Deputy Pervin Buldan and Istanbul Deputy Sirri Sureyya Onder at the Presidential Complex. Photo: Presidency of the Republic of Turkiye

          Pro-Kurdish party 'more hopeful' after rare Erdogan talks

          MENAApril 10, 2025
          The PKK's red star flag reflects the guerrilla movement's communist roots. Its founder has called on it to make peace but doubts remain over whether it will oblige. EPA

          PKK’s secret Europe money web and how it could delay Turkey ceasefire

          EuropeApril 01, 2025
          The National

          Shadi's take on Ocalan's call to disarm his Kurdistan Workers Party

          CartoonMarch 02, 2025
          Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan poses with a delegates from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (Dem Party) at the Imrali island prison. AFP

          Why disarming of PKK will have ramifications across the region

          MENAFebruary 28, 2025
          Syrian Kurds hold up a photo of jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan as they gather in the north-eastern city of Hasakah on Thursday. Reuters

          Ocalan’s call to dissolve PKK greeted with cautious optimism

          MENAFebruary 28, 2025
          PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, centre, with DEM party politicians, has called on the Kurdish militant group to disband. EPA

          Ocalan’s PKK abolition is just the first step on a long road for Turks and Kurds

          CommentFebruary 27, 2025
          Kurdish rebel chief Abdullah Ocalan in September 1993. AFP

          Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan 'ready to work with Turkey for peace'

          MENADecember 29, 2024
          People gather to celebrate the fall of the Syrian government in Manbij. AP

          Kurds in Syria battle Turkish-backed forces and ISIS

          MENADecember 09, 2024
          Members of the Kurdish community march during a protest on December 1, in London. Getty Images

          Hundreds protest in London against the arrest of seven alleged PKK members

          UKDecember 01, 2024
          A heavily-armed suspect enters the Turkish aerospace and defence company Tusas in Ankara. EPA

          Turkey says Kurdish militants main suspects in deadly attack on defence firm

          NewsOctober 23, 2024
          Turkish troops, pictured here on an unrelated deployment, made an incursion into Iraq to chase down a Kurdish separatist group, Iraqi officials said. AFP

          Iraq denounces Turkish military move in country's north

          MENAJuly 11, 2024
          PKK soldiers at Mahsun Korkmaz Academy military training camp. Getty Images

          Iraq arrests three linked to PKK over sabotage attacks and arson

          MENAJuly 02, 2024
          The Avasheen resort is in the so-called green zone, but it wouldn't take much to veer into more dangerous areas. Chris Whiteoak / The National

          Iraq's Avasheen: a tourist park in the heart of conflict

          MENAMarch 29, 2024
          The mountainous border region between Turkey, Iran and Iraq is home to the guerillas of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), who are involved in the struggle for a solution to the long-simmering question of a Kurdish homeland. AFP

          A complex relationship: The PKK's presence in Iraqi Kurdistan

          IraqMarch 29, 2024
          Turkey responded to the killing of nine of its troops by a force it suspected to be Kurdish by bombing from the air. Photo: Getty Images)

          Turkey attacks Kurdish militants after nine soldiers killed

          MENAJanuary 13, 2024
          Smoke billows following reported Turkish warplane raids, in the Amadiyah district, northeast of Dohuk in the Kurdish autonomous region of Iraq. AFP

          10 PKK fighters killed in Turkish air strike on northern Iraq

          IraqOctober 26, 2023
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