Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist ...

This history has a clear lesson: without addressing the Kurds’ cultural, linguistic, and political demands, achieving peace and stability in the Middle East is impossible.

Isolation allowed the Kurds to survive for thousands of years while other cultures faded from history. Lynsey Addario. In the breathtakingly rugged Turkish province of Hakkari, pristine rivers ...

Ocalan, who has been imprisoned on an island near Istanbul since 1999, first urged the PKK in February to convene a congress ...

As the president’s traditional support wanes, he is seeking a risky deal with the Kurds to buy a political lifeline. But is ...

Bloody history of the Kurds. ... Kurds sided with Iran. During the Iran-Iraq War, which began in 1980, the situation for the Kurds in the north deteriorated dramatically.

A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging forces after the latest ...

Due to sensitivities over the abandonment of the insurgency, the fighters will destroy rather than surrender their weapons.

Warfronts. A New Chapter in Turkish-Kurdish History: Öcalan Urges Peace. Posted: April 8, 2025 | Last updated: April 8, 2025. After nearly 50 years of bloodshed, a historic shift may be underway ...

For centuries, Kurdish women and men across various regions have endured severe oppression, structural violence, and cultural ...

History Suggests That Addressing Kurdish Demands Is Essential to Peace in the Middle East. 8 minute read. A young woman in Iraq brandishes the Kurdish flag as she dances with family and friends ...