Kurdish militants have declared a ceasefire in their 40-year conflict with Turkey, two days after their imprisoned leader called for the group to disarm. The statement from the Kurdistan Workers ...

Outlawed Kurdish militants declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband and end more than four decades of armed struggle.

The Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire Saturday, two days after their imprisoned leader called for the group to disarm.The statement from the ...

For almost five decades, Turkey has been at war with the PKK, founded by Ocalan in 1978. Much of the fighting has focused on the group’s desire to establish an independent Kurdish state in the ...

By Safak Timur and Carlotta Gall The Kurdish guerrilla group that has been fighting a long-running insurgency against Turkey declared a cease-fire on Saturday, days after a call from its jailed ...

Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey have declared a ceasefire two days after their imprisoned leader called for the group to disarm. The announcement by the Kurdistan ...

There has been a major development in an armed conflict that has raged for decades between Turkey and a Turkish Kurdish group. The group's founder has called for followers to disarm and dissolve.

ANKARA, Turkey — The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has called on his organization to disarm and dissolve as part of a new effort to end 40 years of fighting between the state ...