Listen to political scientist Pinar Dinc explain what’s led to the PKK’s ceasefire with Turkey on The Conversation Weekly ...

If Erdoğan and his government simply instrumentalize the promise of peace as a regional power grab, the challenges in ...

Here’s a look at Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East including northern Iraq, eastern Turkey, western Iran and small ...

The detention of Istanbul's popular mayor risks undermining Turkey's move to end the PKK militant group's 40-year-old ...

Since the early 2000s, Turkey has relied on a foreign policy approach that emphasised cooperation instead of competition.

October 19, 2011 – (TURKEY) Kurdish militants kill 24 Turkish troops near the Iraqi border, a PKK base area. June 2012 – (TURKEY) Turkish forces strike PKK rebel bases in Iraq after a PKK ...

Many Kurds worry ... detains the mayor of Turkey's largest city," said DEM lawmaker Mehmet Zeki Irmez in the mountainous Sirnak province near the Iraqi border, one of the areas which has seen ...

Istanbul Mayor's Arrest Throws Turkey's Kurdish Peace Bid Into Doubt By Daren ... Sirnak province near the Iraqi border, one of the areas which has seen some of the most intense conflict since ...