ISTANBUL - Tayyip Erdogan's long-held goal of ending Turkey's conflict with Kurdish militants is a step closer after their ...

Tens of thousands of people have been killed in the four decades since Kurdish separatist group the PKK took up arms against ...

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that a disarmament call from the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan ...

The gambit could give the Turkish president a chance to extend his power, while also calming a conflict that threatens to ...

The jailed leader of the PKK called on its members to lay down arms and dissolve the group. If his followers heed that call, ...

Speculation has been rife in Turkey for weeks about an anticipated statement from the jailed leader of Kurdistan Workers’ ...

Mr Ford, who was US envoy to Damascus from 2011 to 2014 – the last to be based in Syria – recently travelled to the country, where he saw the challenges that Syria faces after the fall of Bashar Al ...

Mr Ford, who was US envoy to Damascus from 2011 to 2014 – the last to be based in Syria – recently travelled to the country, ...

Two studies released this week, by Freedom House and the Economist Intelligence Unit, found international democracy in ...

The imprisoned founder of the Kurdish Workers’ Party, Abdullah Ocalan, has called on his supporters to lay down their arms ...

Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call to disarm sparked relief but also fears for the future among Kurds in ...