Kurdish–Turkish conflict

A Turkish court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır has released two pro-Kurdish politicians in the trial of Kurdistan Community Union (KCK), an umbrella organization of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) introduces its own bill on the Kurdish peace process, a day after the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) move on the issue A day after the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) submitted a bill providing legal framework for the ongoing Kurdish peace talks, the Republican People’s Party (CHP) has introduced its own bill

Can you solve a problem by not naming it? That is how the Kurdish reconciliation process has been managed so far. Now, a new draft law on the issue was sent to the Turkish Parliament last week. The name of the draft law is rather telling of how the Kurdish reconciliation process has been managed so far.

The ongoing efforts to find the Kurdish problem a peaceful solution should not be a part of a political bargain, the Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) co-leader Selahattin Demirtaş says The ongoing efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Kurdish problem should not be part of a “political bargain,” Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) co-leader Selahattin Demirtaş has said in an inter

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled the rights of Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), were violated when his books were seized and their publishing prohibited.

The Interior Ministry has prepared a seven item draft code package on key matters discussed within the scope of the ongoing efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Kurdish issue.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has insisted it should be voted on at Parliament before the body goes to recess June 1 for summer holiday.

Militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) allegedly kidnapped seven villagers in a rural area of the southeastern province of Şırnak late on June 22.

A prominent lawmaker of the People’s Democracy Party’s (HDP), Sırrı Süreyya Önder, has said that the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, may be released within a year.

On June 20, that is tomorrow, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the social democratic main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), will be in the pre-dominantly Kurdish-populated city of Diyarbakır, in Turkey’s southeast, where he will attend an interesting meeting.

Turkish security forces staged an operation in the Şemdinli district of Hakkari, which included the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), after a truck that was carrying milk to Aktütün military base was set alight by militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) on June 15.