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Post-2017 referendum fears of Kurdish independence, Ankara’s insistence on “full usage” of the ITP, and Baghdad’s push for a ...
ANKARA — Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party said Tuesday it will hold a new meeting with jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, a ...
As Europe and the U.S. seek to reduce reliance on Russian energy as well as Iranian oil and gas, Ankara is moving quickly to ...
For far too long, American policymakers have tiptoed around the Kurdish question, hesitant to fully endorse independence for ...
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A delegation from Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) is scheduled to visit jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah ...
In addition, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani met on Friday with members of the Turkish Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party). The DEM party is a left-leaning party in Turkey that ...
Kurdish fighters who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey have declared a ceasefire, just two days after their imprisoned leader called for the group to disarm.
Families whose children joined the PKK (Kurdish Workers Party), hold their images as they sit in front of the headquarters of the Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party after the PKK announced its ...
The decision by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party promises to end one of the longest insurgencies in the Middle East and could have significant impact in Turkey, Syria and Iraq.
The Kurdish YPG militia, which heads the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), should stop "playing for time" and ...
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has waged an armed insurgency against Turkey since 1984, initially with the aim of establishing a Kurdish state in the southeast of the country.