Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met members of the pro-Kurdish DEM party for the first time since 2012. The talks, which took place on Thursday, were part of efforts to end a 47-year ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday received a senior delegation from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) in Ankara, in a ...

Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Party Wants Law Supporting PKK Disarmament ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's Pro-Kurdish DEM Party called on parliament on Tuesday to pave the way for a renewed peace process by ...

Turkey’s Pro-Kurdish DEM Party called on parliament on Tuesday to pave the way for a renewed peace process by enacting legislation that would support the disarmament of the outlawed Kurdistan ...

Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Party Says Meeting With Erdogan Constructive ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party said on Thursday that its meeting with President Tayyip Erdogan to discuss a ...

on Saturday met with the co-chair of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party to discuss the Kurdish cause and ongoing efforts for peace. Elham Ahmad, foreign relations co-chair of the Democratic ...

Also present at the 1½ hour meeting were intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin and Efkan Ala, deputy chairperson of Erdogan’s party. Buldan and Onder have been among those to visit the imprisoned leader of ...

It led to widespread suppression of the Kurds and gave Kemal the pretext for a one-party state. Thousands were killed and countless Kurdish villages were razed to the ground. Another revolt in ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party said on Thursday that its meeting with President Tayyip Erdogan to discuss a bid to advance a peace process took place in an extremely ...

Syrian Kurds hold flags as they gather after Turkey's jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms on Thursday, a move that could end its ...

Jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan's call last month for his militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to disband following an approach by an Erdogan ally was a gift to the government, after unsuccessful ...