Abdullah Ocalan’s appeal raised the prospect of an end to a conflict between Turkey and the PKK that since the 1980s has ...

March 1 (Reuters) - The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group declared an immediate ceasefire on Saturday, a ...

The gambit could give the Turkish president a chance to extend his power, while also calming a conflict that threatens to undermine the new Syrian government.

The PKK announcement comes against the backdrop of fundamental changes in the region, including the reconfiguration of power in neighbouring Syria after the ouster of President Bashar Al Assad ...

Analysts say establishing a truce with the PKK would help both Turkey and Syria, where strongman Bashar al-Assad was ousted late ... line nationalist MHP leader Devlet Bahceli offered a surprise ...

which is emerging after 13 years of civil war and the ouster in December of President Bashar Al-Assad. The president of the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq, Nechirvan Barzani ...

Analysts say establishing a truce with the PKK would help both Turkiye and Syria, where strongman Bashar al-Assad was ousted late last year ... until October when hardline nationalist MHP leader ...

But Ankara appears to have softened its stance, as several Arab nations have pushed back against Turkey’s growing influence in Syria, where an al-Qaeda offshoot overthrew Bashar al-Assad and seized ..

Attitudes began shifting in October when MHP leader Devlet Bahceli ... came just weeks before Syrian rebels overthrew Bashar al-Assad, upending the regional balance of power and once again ...

Devlet Bahceli, a Turkish ultra-nationalist ... shortly after the fall of Bashar Al-Assad. Erdogan has said he believes "ultimately brotherhood, unity, togetherness and peace will win".