Syria's neighboring foreign ministers call for lifting sanctions and reconciliation
Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan welcomed the “historic” meeting and called for cooperation to decrease tension in Syria, and ...
Syria's neighboring foreign ministers call for lifting sanctions, reconciliation
Syria's top diplomat and his counterparts from neighboring countries have called for the lifting of Western-led sanctions and ...
Protests on International Women’s Day in Turkey demand protection from domestic violence
Thousands of women took to the streets of Turkish cities Saturday to mark International Women’s Day, protesting inequality ...
The Economist3d
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 ...
A Fragile Peace for Turkey and the Kurds
Ankara wants a success story without Western oversight.
VOA Kurdish: DEM Party speaks of roadmap to peace
The Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) announced a new roadmap to peace following the call of Kurdistan ...
PKK accepts Öcalan’s call to end armed struggle
The bitter experiences of the past century have proved that a progressive solution to the Kurdish question, which is ...
What’s behind Erdoğan’s calculated shift on Kurds and its potential consequences
Erdoğan’s outreach to Kurdish forces may signal peace — or a bid to secure support for extending his presidency by fracturing ...
PKK leader’s call to disarm fuels hope for end to Kurdish conflict – but peace is not imminent
The PKK leader’s calls for the group to disarm and dissolve is a step towards ending a 40-year conflict with the Turkish ...
Truthout1d
Kurdish Women Journalists Who Work Under Constant Threat Have Lessons to Share
This January, a Turkish court sentenced Sofya Alağaş, a Kurdish journalist and elected co-mayor of Siirt municipality, to six ...
The Street Journal1d
Middle East: What an end of the PKK would mean for Kurds
Kurds in the Middle East have been in a state of limbo since Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, gave his pioneering speech in late February. In his ...