Turkey must release jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan to ensure the success of the peace process, a top commander told AFP after the Kurdish militant group began destroying its arms Friday.

Turkey on Friday hailed a ceremony where PKK militants destroyed a first batch of weapons as a "milestone" and an "irreversible turning point" on the road to peace.

Kurdish fighters from the PKK ceremonially burn their weapons in a disarming process:: The PKK decided in May to disarm and ...

According to Turkish officials, this weapon-burning ceremony is part of the third phase of a five-step plan of comprehensive settlement ...

For years, the PKK has fought Turkey for greater rights for the Kurdish minority. Today, the group began formally laying down ...

SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in ...

The disarmament of the P.K.K., a group that has battled since the 1980s for Kurdish independence, could end a conflict that ...

The PKK’s transition away from armed struggle is expected to culminate in the establishment of a new political party in ...

In a historic move, thirty PKK militants disarmed and destroyed their weapons in northern Iraq, symbolizing an important step towards ending a long-standing insurgency against Turkey. The disarmament, ...

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, who initiated the current peace process in October, has issued a ...

Live coverage of today's ceremony, where the PKK took the first step for disarmament as part of a peace process with Turkey.