The Turkish and Iraqi leaders signed 11 cooperation deals in Ankara, but talks yield no apparent breakthrough on suspended ...

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, which has been locked in bloody conflict with Turkey for more than four ...

In recent years, Ankara was able to push the PKK from Turkey into northern Iraq ... of prisoners convicted of non-violent offenses. Middle East Eye delivers independent and unrivalled coverage ...

The PKK and Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party, the third largest in parliament, expect Ankara to address Kurdish political demands, potentially before weapons are handed over. After a cabinet meeting ...

Turkey’s entire political spectrum – from the far Left to the far Right is united around the idea of territorial expansion ...

And in conflicts in the South Caucasus, the Black Sea region, and the Middle East and North Africa ... Against all odds, Turkey’s policy had belatedly paid off. Ankara’s adversary is gone, and the ...

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey is closely monitoring any ... and disarm — a move that could bring an end to one of the Middle East’s longest-running insurgencies. In making the call, the PKK ...

He also said that a potential PKK disarmament would boost Ankara-Baghdad relations and that ... a step toward achieving peace and stability in Turkey and the region,” he told journalists on ...

A Kurdish militant group announced a historic decision Monday to disband and disarm as part of a new peace initiative with ...

Monday's decision promises to put an end to one of the longest insurgencies in the Middle East and could have significant ...