The Kurdish insurgent group PKK in Turkey says it will lay down its arms and disband after a decades-long fight that killed tens of thousands.

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan has probably never held more global sway: he will host the first direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks in three years on Thursday, days after his country's militant nemesis,

The PKK has "waged an insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984", said Politico. Originally, it aimed to create an independent state for Kurds, an ethnic group of about 40 million people spread over Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. Such independence was promised by the allied powers after the First World War, but never granted.

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Monday it would dissolve itself, in what would be a historic move after decades of conflict with Turkey that have killed tens of thousands of people. The militant group said in a statement Monday that “all ...

The Kurdistan Workers Party, a militant organization that seeks an independent Kurdistan, announced it was disbanding, a move that is expected to have wide-ranging consequences throughout the region.

Trump’s Middle East trip comes amid a heady few days for Turkey, with news the PKK would disarm and as it is set to host delegations from Russia and Ukraine.

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In a significant political and security development in Turkey, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) announced on Friday that it would hold its 12th congress in the Qandil Mountains of northern Iraq. This move comes in response to a call from imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan,