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 ...

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 ...

In Turkey's Kurdish Heartland, Distrust Erodes Peace Process Hopes By Daren Butler DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey's crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival and silence on what ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People listen to speeches during a rally called by Republican People’s Party or (CHP) against the arrest ...

“I was under that noose for about 15 minutes, I think,” the Iranian-Kurdish rapper told CNN in an exclusive interview, as he recounted being subjected to a mock execution – allegedly at the ...

Talks to restart Kurdish oil exports through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline have hit a snag as a lack of clarity over payments and contracts persists, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told ...