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

The group began fighting the Turkish state in the early 1980s, originally seeking independence for the Kurds, who are believed to make up about 15 percent or more of Turkey’s population.

If Ocalan's declaration does not by itself signal the conclusion of the PKK-Ankara war, what is it nevertheless likely to ...

Ankara fears that the Kurds could become a pivotal force in reshaping the Middle East, challenging both Turkish hegemony and the Islamist networks it supports. If Turkey was genuinely committed to ...

Ankara wants a success story without Western oversight.

Kurdistan Workers Party, in a major development, declares a ceasefire following a call from its imprisoned founder, Abdullah ...

"So, we should not assume that Tehran's engagement with the SDF is solely about positioning the Kurds against Turkey." Middle East Eye delivers independent and unrivalled coverage and analysis of ...

Turkish officials visited Damascus to discuss an agreement involving the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian government. The delegation, including Turkey's foreign and defense ...

Erdogan's willingness to engage with Kurdish leaders signals a potential shift in Turkey's stalled peace process with the PKK ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the other hand, has been calling on the Syrian Kurds to refuse to cooperate with Turkey, which has particularly angered Ankara. "Should the agreement ...