The pro-Kurdish DEM Party, parliament's third largest, is now demanding that democratisation steps follow. The PKK heeded the call, declaring an immediate ceasefire. The group added it wanted ...

Mehmet Sincar, one of Turkey's first pro-Kurdish party lawmakers, was gunned down in the southeastern city of Batman in 1993 as he himself investigated unsolved killings. His wife has waited in ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East including northern Iraq, eastern Turkey, western ...

Öcalan’s statement set off a chain of events, each carrying profound political and military implications. Pro-Kurdish Turkish legislators publicly read his message, emphasizing that the PKK no longer ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdish officials in Kirkuk expressed concern on Friday about ethnic imbalances in recent police recruitment and urged Baghdad to ensure fair representation of the city's ...

If the Kurds do succeed in establishing an independent state in Syria amid the chaos gripping the region, it could accelerate secessionist movements in other Kurdish areas of the Middle East.

SDF commander Mazloum Abdi says he welcomes Israeli support to protect Kurdish achievements, as regional tensions and security challenges persist. Commander-in-chief of the SDF, General Mazloum ...

People in Syria have been celebrating after the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, which control a wide area of the northeast, signed a deal with the government to integrate into state ...

Turkey and Iran have recalled their ambassadors amid growing diplomatic friction, marking a new phase in regional power struggles since late 2024. This latest dispute follows Iranian criticism of ...

The conflict, which began in 1984 with the aim of establishing an independent Kurdish state in response to state oppression, has claimed the lives of more than 40,000 people and displaced hundreds ...