Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey have declared a ceasefire two days after their imprisoned leader called for the group ...

Even from the island prison where he has spent the past 26 years, Abdullah Ocalan still wields power over the Kurdistan ...

Kurdish Leader Ocalan Issues Message From Prison, Urging PKK to Disarm to Make Peace With Turkey ISTANBUL (AP) — Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his militant group Thursday ...

Turkey has long been considered a safe haven ... I was arrested in the airport as I was boarding the plane and sentenced to 14 years in prison. They said I was part of a violent separatist group ...

In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul ... Call for greater democracy in Turkey The peace effort comes at a time when Erdogan may need support from the DEM party in parliament ...