Çandar: Kurds could gain stronger political status after PKK disbands

POLITICS

Çandar: Kurds could gain stronger political status after PKK disbands

May 17, 2025

On 12 May, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced it had formally ended its armed struggle and organisational existence, following ...

OPINION

Between Ottoman dreams and Kurdish realities: Can Turkey embrace peace?

May 16, 2025

Dr. Younes Behram The Middle East has undergone profound transformations over the past decade, with political upheavals shaking state structures ...

Breaking News

PKK ends armed struggle after 40 years, entrusts transition to Öcalan

May 12, 2025

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has formally dissolved its organisation and declared the end of its armed insurgency, marking a ...

OPINION

Between war and peace in Turkey and Syria – last week in Kurdish news

May 9, 2025

Sarah Glynn Since this article was initially written, we have received news that the PKK Congress was held from the ...

INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY

Scottish trade union congress passes motion backing Kurdish peace efforts, Free Öcalan campaign

May 2, 2025

The Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) today passed an emergency motion expressing strong support for Kurdish self-determination and ongoing peace ...

HUMAN RIGHTS

French philosopher Alain Badiou voices support for Kurdish-Turkish political dialogue

April 14, 2025

Leading French philosophers have voiced support for renewed political dialogue between Kurdish and Turkish actors, following Abdullah Öcalan’s recent call ...

POLITICS

Pervin Buldan confirms new phase in peace dialogue after meeting with Erdoğan

April 12, 2025

A senior member of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, Pervin Buldan, has confirmed that a new ...

CULTURE

Kurdish communities globally mark Abdullah Öcalan’s birthday with demands for his release

April 5, 2025

Kurds worldwide celebrated the 76th birthday of Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Friday, ...

POLITICS

Bahçeli calls for shared Turkish future as PKK weighs up disbanding

March 31, 2025

Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has centred his vision for Turkey on “building a structure everyone ...

WOMEN

Veteran Kurdish politician Leyla Zana urges reconciliation on anniversary of Halabja bombing

March 17, 2025

Leyla Zana, one of the most prominent figures in Kurdish politics since the early 1990s, has reiterated her support for ...

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