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.

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is "ready to make a call" to back a new initiative by the Turkish government to end decades of conflict, Turkey's pro-Kurd ...

PKK Would Leave Syria if Kurdish Forces Keep Leadership Role, Official Says (Reuters) - An official with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Thursday the militant group would agree to leave ...

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 ...