Video of Kurdistan Workers’ party leader Abdullah Ocalan marks his first public appearance in over two decades
Militant group PKK’s plan to disband could stop bloodshed that killed more than 40,000 — and strengthen Erdoğan
Historic announcement could bring a close to four-decade insurgency that has killed more than 40,000 people
With the support of the pro-Kurdish party, he could change the constitution and run again in 2028
Call for peace by Kurdish leader being held in Turkish jail is first step in complex web of negotiations
Abdullah Öcalan urges PKK to lay down weapons after he meets opposition politicians in prison
Concerns that instability will spill over from Syria add urgency to efforts to woo PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan from prison
Turkey hopes to exploit recent setbacks for Iran but an armed attack near Ankara has thrown a question mark over his plans
Police detain 176 as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vows to eliminate ‘terrorism at its source’
Kurdish group says civilians among dead in wave of retaliation for Wednesday’s assault on state aerospace company
Human rights campaigners criticise trial as an effort to silence the opposition
Separatist group PKK claimed responsibility for Sunday’s suicide attack in Turkey’s capital
Foreign minister says ‘it’s reckoning time’ following overnight attacks in Syria and Iraq
Turkish opposition leaves Stockholm government with hard choices over the Kurdish cause
Latest crackdown part of three-year assault on rivals to Turkey’s ruling party
Ankara cracks down on opposition to military operation across Syrian border
Erdogan to also discuss fate of Kobani and Manbij with Putin on Tuesday
Syria incursion seen as inevitable after US armed militias Ankara calls terrorists
US president orders troops out as Turkey threatens incursion against Kurds in north-east of country
Ankara angered by shooting in region where Turkey is fighting separatist Kurdish militants
As Germany has shown, Ankara does sometimes respond to pressure
Ankara’s estrangement from the west over Kurdish self-determination now runs deep
SDF promotes feminist ideology in pragmatic move to win over communities
Turkish president accuses KRG of treachery and warns of cutting off vital pipeline
Supporters of the referendum know they are courting trouble but are not put off
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