STORY: Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, burned their weapons on Friday. The event signified the beginning of a disarmament process meant to end a bloody, four-decade insurgency ...

AK Party Spokesperson Çelik declares the dissolution of the PKK and its extensions, including the SDF and PJAK, as Türkiye's main objective for a terror-free future.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) says it is disbanding after more than 40 years of armed struggle against the Turkish state. The announcement came after the PKK held its congress in northern Iraq on ...

June 26, 2025: On May 12th, the Kurdistan Workers Party/PKK disbanded. PKK leaders deliberated during their recent 12th Congress and decided to disarm and disband. The PKK began an armed campaign ...

A first group of PKK militants burnt their weapons at a symbolic ceremony in northern Iraq — Shwan MOHAMMED Thirty PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a symbolic ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan on ...

The Kurdish militant group, PKK, handed over its first weapons at a ceremony in Iraq, marking the start of a long and challenging process towards a lasting peace between Turkey and the Kurds. Kurdish ...

In 2025, the Turkish–Kurdish peace process witnessed several breakthrough developments, most notably the disarmament of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the organisation’s self-dissolution, and – ...

I encountered patriarchy and male dominance presiding over women and life, all in conjunction with the occupation of my ...

QANDIL, Iraq (AP) — A militant Kurdish group announced on Sunday that it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq as part of a peace effort with Turkey. The statement issued in northern Iraq by ...