The PKK's insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984 has led to some 40,000 deaths. Ocalan, imprisoned since 1999, still holds significant influence over Kurdish politics.

DEM Party has started mediating talks between the Turkish state and the PKK after visiting Ocalan last month. The pro-Kurdish party has said that its meetings with politicians from across the ...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party said it will send a delegation to meet Abdullah Ocalan, head of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in jail on Wednesday for a second ...

Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Party to Meet Jailed PKK Leader Again Wednesday ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party said it will send a delegation to meet Abdullah Ocalan, head of the outlawed ...

DEM's first meeting with Ocalan followed Bahceli's surprise proposal last year for Ocalan to announce the PKK's disbandment. The talks fostered peace hopes but the precarious situation of Kurdish ...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's key nationalist ally urged jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan to explicitly announce the group's disbandment after his next ...

Turkish security forces "neutralized" nine PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Syria, Türkiye’s National Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. The terrorists were attempting an attack on Turkish ...

After that meeting, Ocalan was cited as indicating a willingness to call on the PKK to lay down arms. Two DEM sources told Reuters last week the party was now set to visit Ocalan again ...