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‘The times are changing’: Kurds cautiously optimistic about PKK’s ceasefire with Turkey
For more than 40 years, the Turkish government has fought the PKK in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria. Recent efforts ...
Protests on International Women's Day in Turkey demand protection from domestic violence
Thousands of women have taken to the streets of Turkish cities to mark International Women’s Day, protesting inequality and violence against women ...
The Economist8d
Kurdish rebels in Turkey declare a ceasefire
Even from the island prison where he has spent the past 26 years, Abdullah Ocalan still wields power over the Kurdistan ...
WFMZ-TV9d
Kurdish PKK militants declare a ceasefire in 40-year insurgency in Turkey
in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu) Youngsters hold a photograph of the jailed leader of ...
Cyprus Mail on MSN11d
Turkey peace call may boost Erdogan’s domestic and Syria goals
Tayyip Erdogan’s long-held goal of ending Turkey’s conflict with Kurdish militants is a step closer after their jailed chief’s peace call, giving the president a potential political boost at home and ...
Associated Press13d
Turkey’s Kurds wary of path to peace after PKK declares ceasefire
(IHA via AP, File) A supporter of pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP), holds a picture of the party’s former ...
The Straits Times14d
Kurdish militant chief's peace call prompts hope, scepticism in Turkey
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey - Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call from prison for his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down arms sparked both hope and scepticism in Turkey on Thursday ...
The Hill15d
Kurdish leader Ocalan issues message from prison, urging PKK to disarm to make peace with Turkey
In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul ... In the predominantly Kurdish cities of Diyarbakir and Van in southeast Turkey, people gathered in public spaces, dancing in anticipation ...