Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Pervin Buldan, who formed a delegation as part of the ambitious terror-free Türkiye initiative, made their second visit

A delegation from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) traveled to İmralı Island today for their second meeting with Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group.

Two pro-Kurdish Turkish lawmakers met Wednesday with the jailed founder of the PKK, part of an effort to revive dialogue between Ankara and the banned militant organisation.

Two lawmakers from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) will apply for a visit to Abdullah Öcalan, jailed leader of the PKK

Istanbul Member of Parliament for the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) and member of the İmralı delegation Sırrı Süreyya Önder has made a statement on the second meeting with PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan. Earlier today, Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç had said that there had not been an application yet for a second İmralı meeting.

The appointment of trustees and other attacks on democratic rights by the government show that the renewed negotiations between Ankara and the PKK, which Ankara has been trying to suppress for 40 years,

A delegation from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) is scheduled to visit Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed PKK leader serving life on a prison island off Istanbul, for the second time next week.

The main opposition, the Republican People's Party (CHP), on Tuesday voiced tentative support for the recent initiative to end PKK terrorism

The PKK’s U.S.-backed Syrian offshoot, the YPG, is courting Iraqi Kurds in an apparent push to garner support at a time when the political upheaval

The Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) İmralı Delegation have made a written application to the Ministry of Justice for a second meeting with PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan.

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 time as part of a political effort to end a decades-long conflict.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — At least 30 people have died in Istanbul over the past three days after ...