Saturday, 1 March, 2025 , 06:11 AFP — Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey after a landmark call by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan urging the group to disband.
Saturday, 1 March, 2025 , 03:01 AFP — Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition party said the government must not waste the chance to draw a line under the decades-long Kurdish insurgency, and show its willingness to achieve a "democratic solution".
Friday, 28 February, 2025 , 18:32 AFP — Jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call for his Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to disband and lay down its arms after decades of armed struggle has been widely hailed as a historic moment for Turkey and its Kurdish minority.
Friday, 28 February, 2025 , 18:03 AFP — Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said that Abdullah Ocalan's appeal for his Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) to disband and disarm was a "historic opportunity".
Friday, 28 February, 2025 , 17:41 AFP — Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said that Abdullah Ocalan's appeal for his Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) to disband and disarm was a "historic opportunity".
Friday, 28 February, 2025 , 15:21 AFP — Jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call for his Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to disband and lay down its arms after decades of armed struggle has been widely hailed as a historic moment for Turkey and its Kurdish minority.
Friday, 28 February, 2025 , 14:49 AFP — Iran on Friday welcomed a call by jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan for the Kurdish militant group to lay down arms, calling it a step toward "renouncing violence".
Friday, 28 February, 2025 , 12:33 AFP — Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call to disarm sparked relief but also fears for the future among Kurds in Syria and Iraq, who long for peace after fighting hard for autonomy.
Friday, 28 February, 2025 , 06:25 AFP — Iraq has welcomed a call by jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan for the Kurdish militant group to disband, saying it could improve regional stability and security.
Friday, 28 February, 2025 , 02:54 AFP — Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" won a special prize at the Cannes film festival last year and is hoping to go one better at the Oscars on Sunday.