Kurdistan Workers' Party

The peace process between Turkey and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is at a turning point and both sides “need to articulate realistic end goals,” according to the International Crisis Group’s latest report, which also details the parameters of a possible peace deal.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has refuted claims from Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP) officials that the Kurdish peace process was launched by the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and would end with him.

Eight people were detained by Istanbul anti-terror police early on Nov. 5 in an operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

The Istanbul Police Department’s anti-terror teams, together with riot police, raided a number of addresses in the Pendik and Sultanbeyli districts, both located on the Anatolian side of the city.

The first attempt to resolve the Kurdish problem, known as the Oslo Process, was secretly launched in 2009, but failed after talks between the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and senior leaders of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were leaked onto the Internet in 2011.

Washington has dismissed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s remarks suggesting there is a “cacophony” of different views among the United States authorities.

U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said she did not agree with Erdoğan’s complaint, suggesting that the differences in responses could be “due to the differences in questions.”

The promotion of the Kurdish fighters for their battle against jihadists in the Syrian border town of Kobane is actually meant to lay the ground for the establishment of an independent Kurdistan, Turkey’s nationalist opposition leader has claimed, accusing the government of "treason."

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) wants an international mediator, possibly the United States, to help get peace talks with Turkey back on track and avert an escalation of their insurgency, a senior commander of the organization has told an Austrian newspaper.

Amid rising concerns over whether the stalled peace process was approaching an end, Turkey’s main opposition leader has urged the government to put the process on a legitimate track that does not involve Abudllah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), as a counterpart.

While around 55 percent of Turkish citizens do not approve of the Syrian policy the government pursues, 58 percent said the dialogue between the government and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to solve the decades-long conflict should be continued, results from a recent survey conducted by research organization Metropoll have shown.

It was good that the Interior Ministry’s press section issued a statement and corrected a statement attributed to Interior Minister Efkan Ala that the Turkish state has lost control of the southeastern parts of the country to the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) gang. “Such news doesn’t reflect the reality” the ministry said.