the PKK initially called for the establishment of an independent Kurdistan but now calls for autonomy. The group is designated a terrorist organization by Turkey. DEM Party’s predecessor, HDP ...

Already, nationalist mobs have carried out attacks against HDP offices throughout Turkey. The HDP’s connections to the PKK mean that party leaders will no doubt soon begin facing legal difficulties ...

A delegation from one of Turkey’s biggest pro-Kurdish political parties has met a leading figure of the Kurdish movement in prison, the latest step in a tentative process to end the country’s 40-year ...

However, in March of that year, the HDP ... PKK through its common membership of the KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union), an umbrella Kurdish organization. Francesco Siccardi contends that Turkey ...

While the PKK has led ... organization by Turkey and most Western states. Demirtas led the DEM between 2014 and 2018, when it was known as the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and he is still ...

Turkey’s interior ministry on Wednesday dismissed the pro-Kurdish co-mayor of Siirt province after she was sentenced to over ...

The last significant attempt at negotiation dates back to the 2013-2015 peace process, which focused on several key issues aimed at ending the armed conflict and establishing a political solution to ...

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Kurdistan24 ... Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan and the Turkish Government during 2013-2015 peace talks. Meanwhile, again in Diyarbakir, authorities arrested ...