This signals the end of one of the longest conflicts in the world - a historic moment for Turkey, its Kurdish minority, and neighbouring countries into which the conflict has spilled over. A spokesman for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party said it was an important step towards a country free of terror.

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.

Turkish stocks jumped on Monday, bonds climbed and the lira rallied against the euro as news the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group was ending its four decade-long insurgency in the country added to U.

ANKARA: After the decision by the Kurdish group PKK to disband, Türkiye was eyeing on Wednesday a raft of legal and technical measures to ensure

When Abdullah Ocalan said his Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, should lay down its arms and disband after more than four decades of conflict with the Turkish state and tens of thousands of deaths, there was an instant look across the border to Syria.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Tuesday that Turkey’s intelligence services will closely monitor the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to ensure the group follows through on its pledge to dissolve and disarm.

Türkiye entered new phase in its fight for ‘terror-free Türkiye’ with terrorist group PKK's decision to disband, says President Erdogan - Anadolu Ajansı