Kurdistan Workers' Party

Finnish peace mediator Martti Ahtisaari says he turned down the offer due to the Turkish government’s hesitance over foreign involvement in the Kurdish peace process Finnish peace mediator Martti Ahtisaari has said the Kurds contacted him to play a mediation role in the Kurdish conflict years ago, but he did not respond at the time due to the Turkish government’s hesitance over foreign inv

Bouncing back from the verge of total collapse, the “Kurdish opening” is apparently getting equipped with new gear: direct talks with Abdullah Öcalan, the separatist chieftain serving an enforced life term at the İmralı Island prison.

The leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has chastised the government for its "foreign policy failures," arguing that both the president and prime minister are so obsessed with toppling the Syrian president that they can portray all outlawed groups in the region as innocent “love butterflies.”

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader has interpreted recent developments in the peace process as a signal indicating the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) intention to grant a “political amnesty” to members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

The Turkish government has categorically closed the door on the involvement of any third party in the peace process, which it labels as its brainchild.

US and Turkish military officials meet to hash out plans to train and arm 2,000 moderate Syrian rebels in Central Anatolia Military officials from the United States and Turkey have met at the Turkish General Staff’s headquarters in Ankara for a third time to discuss equipping and training moderate Syrian rebels, and agreed on using the Hirfanlı military training center in Kırşehir for the

Leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan could make a call for disarmament as of March 2015 if a consensus is reached in the Kurdish peace process with the Turkish state, co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş said in an interview Nov. 14.

Military officials from the United States and Turkey are meeting for a third time to finalize discussions on equipping and training moderate Syrian rebels, as U.S. media outlets report that Washington is considering a shift in in its Syria policy.

Turkey’s government has hinted at its willingness to adopt new tools to break a deadlock in the Kurdish peace process as it and the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the main stakeholder in the bid, look to put the dialogue back on track.

Selahattin Demirtaş, the co-leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has urged the government to accelerate the Kurdish resolution process, underlining that delaying the process would result in more provocations.