According to Öcalan, the democratic nation first and foremost acknowledges ethnic, religious, cultural, and gender pluralism. He does not equate the nation with the state; instead, he sees the nation ...

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has confirmed reports that he proposed appointing a Kurdish and an Alevi vice president for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. However, he strongly ...

The PKK disarmament, despite the risks, is one of the few bright spots in today's Middle East.

Building on the broader analysis presented in Part I, this second article focuses on the internal political and strategic dynamics that have shaped negotiations between the Turkish government and the ...

Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey have begun laying down their weapons.

SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey began laying down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony on Friday in ...

SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey began laying down their weapons… ...

Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey have begun laying down their weapons. About 30 fighters took part in a symbolic ceremony Friday ...