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Kurdish PKK Fighters Burn Weapons in Step Toward Peace With Turkey

July 11, 2025July 11, 2025Ben Hubbard and Safak TimurComments Off on Kurdish PKK Fighters Burn Weapons in Step Toward Peace With Turkey

The disarmament of the P.K.K., a group that has battled since the 1980s for Kurdish independence, could end a conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people.

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Jailed Kurdish Leader Declares the End to PKK’s Armed Struggle In Turkey

July 9, 2025July 9, 2025Ben Hubbard and Safak TimurComments Off on Jailed Kurdish Leader Declares the End to PKK’s Armed Struggle In Turkey

In the first footage of him to be released publicly in 25 years, Abdullah Ocalan said the P.K.K. insurgency against Turkey would be replaced by politics.

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Kurdish P.K.K. Says It Will End Conflict with Turkish State

May 12, 2025May 12, 2025Erika SolomonComments Off on Kurdish P.K.K. Says It Will End Conflict with Turkish State

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., said that it would lay down its arms and disband, a decision that could reverberate in neighboring countries.

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Kurdish Fighters Called a Truce, but Turkey Kept Up Lethal Strikes

March 12, 2025March 14, 2025Ben Hubbard and Safak TimurComments Off on Kurdish Fighters Called a Truce, but Turkey Kept Up Lethal Strikes

Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms and disband, and their group declared a cease-fire.

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While Calm Reigns in Damascus, Battles in Syria’s Northeast Rage On

March 5, 2025March 5, 2025ALISSA J. RUBINComments Off on While Calm Reigns in Damascus, Battles in Syria’s Northeast Rage On

The conflict poses a challenge for the new interim president as he tries to unify Syria and extend his authority over the entire country.

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Kurdish Insurgent Group Declares Cease-Fire in Conflict With Turkey

March 1, 2025March 2, 2025Safak Timur and Carlotta GallComments Off on Kurdish Insurgent Group Declares Cease-Fire in Conflict With Turkey

The group, the P.K.K., made its declaration days after its long-imprisoned leader urged the movement to disarm and disband, but there are still many questions about the prospects for ending 40 years of deadly conflict.

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Kurdish Insurgent Group Declares Cease-Fire in Conflict With Turkey

March 1, 2025March 1, 2025Safak TimurComments Off on Kurdish Insurgent Group Declares Cease-Fire in Conflict With Turkey

The group, the P.K.K., made its declaration days after its long-imprisoned leader urged the movement to disarm and disband.

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Turkey-PKK Deal May Benefit Erdogan at Home and Abroad

February 28, 2025CARLOTTA GALLComments Off on Turkey-PKK Deal May Benefit Erdogan at Home and Abroad

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.

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Who Is the P.K.K. Leader Abdullah Ocalan?

February 28, 2025February 28, 2025BEN HUBBARDComments Off on Who Is the P.K.K. Leader Abdullah Ocalan?

The founder of the P.K.K., a guerrilla organization that has been fighting an insurgency against Turkey for decades, has called for his group to disarm and disband.

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Ocalan Says PKK Fighters Should Disarm

February 27, 2025February 27, 2025BEN HUBBARDComments Off on Ocalan Says PKK Fighters Should Disarm

Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdish insurgent group P.K.K., called on his fighters to lay down their arms after decades of battling the Turkish state.

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