The PKK’s disarmament will help Erdoğan on the foreign policy front as well. He wants to bolster trade, expand energy and defence co-operation, and improve connectivity with Iraq. The PKK’s presence in Iraqi Kurdistan and relationship with Iran complicated those plans. Now Erdoğan sees the chance to cultivate closer ties with Baghdad and Kurdistan.

On this episode of American Prestige, Gönül Tol and Djene Bajalan on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK ... how this fits into Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s plans, whether ...

Erdoğan’s outreach to Kurdish forces may signal peace — or a bid to secure support for extending his presidency by fracturing the opposition’s coalition.

The bitter experiences of the past century have proved that a progressive solution to the Kurdish question, which is intertwined with a deepening imperialist war in the Middle East and involves four countries in the region,

While Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has acknowledged the ceasefire as a potential step toward peace, he has also warned that military operations against the PKK will resume if disarmament efforts falter.

Militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party have declared a ceasefire, in what may represent a significant political breakthrough for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday warned military operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will continue unless the group fully commits to disarmament, following its unilateral ceasefire declaration earlier in the day.

Jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call for his Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK ... When one of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's hardline nationalist allies called on Ocalan to renounce ...

Militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party have declared a ceasefire ... political breakthrough for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The announcement came just two days after the leader ...