For more than 40 years, the Turkish government has fought the PKK in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria. Recent efforts ...

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia on Saturday declared an immediate ceasefire, two days after its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called on fighters to lay down their arms and dissolve the group ...

Newroz Market sells made-to-order specialties -- including shawarma -- along with shelved delicacies shipped from across the ...

Kurdish militant leader Abdallah Ocalan has asked his followers in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down arms and dissolve the group, potentially ending a decades-long conflict with Turkey ...

Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms ...

It was a development in the Syrian drama almost as unexpected as the stunningly swift fall of the Assad regime that had ...

People in the Kurdish province of Hakkari (Colemerg) in southeast Turkey demonstrated Kurdish culture and the region’s scenic beauty with traditional clothing and folk dances. Hakkari hosts a folk ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday that he advised Syria’s interim President Ahmed ...

Following the declaration of Kurdistan Workers Party leader Abdullah Ocalan on Feb. 27 for the party to lay down arms and ...

However, the Turkish state responded with draconian measures aimed at eradicating the PKK and consistently rejected any constitutional recognition of Kurdish status or cultural rights. Turkey ...

Syrian Democratic Forces Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi (left) and Syrian interim President Ahmed al Sharaa shake hands after signing an integration ...

The Japan Kurdish Cultural Association said Feb. 12 that it is seeking 5.5 million yen ($36,000) in damages from the man, who lives in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture. “We want to appeal to society ...