The Kurdistan Workers' Party[a] or PKK (Kurdish: Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê) is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla group which is primarily based in the mountainous Kurdish-majority regions of southeastern …

6 days ago · The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is a militant Kurdish nationalist organization founded by Abdullah Öcalan in the late 1970s. Although the group initially espoused demands for the establishment of an independent Kurdish state, its stated aims were later tempered to calls for greater Kurdish autonomy.

Mar 1, 2025 · The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has declared it will implement a ceasefire with Turkiye, heeding a call from its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan to disarm.

Mar 1, 2025 · The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia on Saturday declared an immediate ceasefire, two days after its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called on fighters to lay down their arms and...

22 hours ago · The PKK is an outcome of structural problems arising from the longstanding oppression and marginalisation of Kurds in Turkey, and addressing these root causes is essential for achieving lasting peace.

Feb 27, 2025 · What is the PKK? The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has waged an armed insurgency against Turkey since 1984, initially with the aim of establishing a Kurdish state in the southeast of the country. Over time, the objective evolved into a campaign for autonomy and rights for Kurds within Turkey.

Mar 10, 2025 · The PKK leader essentially responded to an appeal from Turkish far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli. In October, Bahçeli suggested Öcalan could be granted parole if he disarms and disbands the PKK. Öcalan delivered. The like-minded nature of their indirect public exchange is exceptional.

Feb 27, 2025 · Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has asked his followers in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down arms and dissolve the group, potentially ending a decades-long conflict...

Feb 27, 2025 · ISTANBUL (AP) — Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his militant group Thursday to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a new bid to end a four-decade long conflict with Turkey’s government that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.

Feb 27, 2025 · "The PKK was born in the 20th century, in the most violent epoch of the history of humanity, amidst the two world wars, under the shadow of the experience of real socialism and the cold war around ...