The 75-year-old endures as a symbol for Kurdish independence and rights and continues to wield influence over the Kurdish movement, with past messages relayed through family members or lawyers ...

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

Ocalan repudiated the “extreme nationalist deviation” of seeking a separate Kurdish state, insisting that the Kurdish ...

Abdullah Ocalan’s call for the PKK’s dissolution marks a potential turning point for the Kurdish independence movement and ...

The PKK, founded in 1978 by Mr. Ocalan, has waged an insurgency against Turkey since 1984, initially seeking Kurdish independence before shifting to demands for autonomy. Kurds make up about 20 ...

Accord states US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces to be integrated into national army over a decade after formation, during ...

Iraq’s semi-autonomous north is grappling with a severe economic crisis, with many residents forced into massive personal debt.

rather than independence. Since Ocalan was jailed in 1999, there have been various attempts to end the bloodshed, which has ...

Move hailed as a “historic opportunity,” but the group fighting for Kurdish independence stopped short of declaring its ...