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The Kurdistan Workers' Party is a militant group that waged an armed insurgency against Turkey. Its jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, called on members to disarm and dissolve the group in early 2025

Dem Party politicians read a message from PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in February, in which he called on the Kurdish group he founded to disarm and dissolve

Impossible to know when PKK will disarm, Kurdish politician says

MENAApril 22, 2025

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received DEM Party Deputy Pervin Buldan and Istanbul Deputy Sirri Sureyya Onder at the Presidential Complex. Photo: Presidency of the Republic of Turkiye

Pro-Kurdish party 'more hopeful' after rare Erdogan talks

MENAApril 10, 2025

The PKK's red star flag reflects the guerrilla movement's communist roots. Its founder has called on it to make peace but doubts remain over whether it will oblige. EPA

PKK’s secret Europe money web and how it could delay Turkey ceasefire

EuropeApril 01, 2025

The National

Shadi's take on Ocalan's call to disarm his Kurdistan Workers Party

CartoonMarch 02, 2025

Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan poses with a delegates from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (Dem Party) at the Imrali island prison. AFP

Why disarming of PKK will have ramifications across the region

MENAFebruary 28, 2025

Syrian Kurds hold up a photo of jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan as they gather in the north-eastern city of Hasakah on Thursday. Reuters

Ocalan’s call to dissolve PKK greeted with cautious optimism

MENAFebruary 28, 2025

PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, centre, with DEM party politicians, has called on the Kurdish militant group to disband. EPA

Ocalan’s PKK abolition is just the first step on a long road for Turks and Kurds

CommentFebruary 27, 2025

Kurdish rebel chief Abdullah Ocalan in September 1993. AFP

Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan 'ready to work with Turkey for peace'

MENADecember 29, 2024

People gather to celebrate the fall of the Syrian government in Manbij. AP

Kurds in Syria battle Turkish-backed forces and ISIS

MENADecember 09, 2024

Members of the Kurdish community march during a protest on December 1, in London. Getty Images

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Hundreds protest in London against the arrest of seven alleged PKK members

UKDecember 01, 2024

A heavily-armed suspect enters the Turkish aerospace and defence company Tusas in Ankara. EPA

Turkey says Kurdish militants main suspects in deadly attack on defence firm

NewsOctober 23, 2024

Turkish troops, pictured here on an unrelated deployment, made an incursion into Iraq to chase down a Kurdish separatist group, Iraqi officials said. AFP

Iraq denounces Turkish military move in country's north

MENAJuly 11, 2024

PKK soldiers at Mahsun Korkmaz Academy military training camp. Getty Images

Iraq arrests three linked to PKK over sabotage attacks and arson

MENAJuly 02, 2024

The Avasheen resort is in the so-called green zone, but it wouldn't take much to veer into more dangerous areas. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Iraq's Avasheen: a tourist park in the heart of conflict

MENAMarch 29, 2024

The mountainous border region between Turkey, Iran and Iraq is home to the guerillas of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), who are involved in the struggle for a solution to the long-simmering question of a Kurdish homeland. AFP

A complex relationship: The PKK's presence in Iraqi Kurdistan

IraqMarch 29, 2024

Turkey responded to the killing of nine of its troops by a force it suspected to be Kurdish by bombing from the air. Photo: Getty Images)

Turkey attacks Kurdish militants after nine soldiers killed

MENAJanuary 13, 2024

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