The Kurdistan Workers' Party, known as the PKK, has announced that it will disband and disarm, potentially ending four decades of bloody conflict with Turkey. The militant group said that "all ...

The group was formed in 1978 with the ambition of creating a separate, independent homeland for Turkey's large Kurdish minority, but it later dropped its separatist ambitions and focused on ...

If the Kurds do succeed in establishing an independent ... designated the PKK a foreign terrorist organization in 1997. U.S.-Turkey relations have faltered since Erdogan renewed calls for the ...

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said Monday that it will disband and disarm after four decades of armed conflict with Turkey. The decision was announced through the Firat News Agency ...

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Monday it would dissolve itself, in what would be a historic move after decades of conflict with Turkey that have killed tens of thousands of people.

Families in Turkey Await News of Loved Ones as Kurdish Insurgency Ends DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) - Hours after the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) announced it was disbanding its armed wing ...

The PKK has 'waged an insurgency' against Turkey since 1984 and an estimated 40,000 people have died in the conflict. | Credit: Illustration by Julia Wytrazek / Getty Images The Kurdistan Workers ...