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On March 1, the start of the holy month of Ramadan — observed by most of Turkey’s Sunni population — the imprisoned leader of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Abdullah Öcalan, made a historic call for the party to disarm and end its 40-year-long armed struggle against the Turkish state.

Anne Towlson, 58, was found dead at home after complaining for days that her arm was ‘killing her’

Anne Towlson, 58, was found dead at home with open wounds to her armpits and triceps having complained that her arm was ‘killing her’ days earlier.

Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK), has called on the group to disarm and dissolve itself. In a letter read out by his political allies in Istanbul, Turkey, on February 27, he wrote: “I take on the historical responsibility for this call … All…

The Los Angeles Kings have apologized for selling scarves made in Turkey during Armenian Heritage Night last month

The mountains of northern Iraq have for years been a sanctuary for Kurdish militants fighting a decades-long insurgency against the government in neighboring Turkey

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Matt Graham has rounded out a "dad podium" in World Cup moguls skiing while fellow Australian Josie Baff has won bronze in the snowboard cross in Turkey.

A momentous ceasefire declaration has stirred a mix of emotions in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq, where people bore the brunt of the 40-year conflict between Kurdish militants and the Turkish state

Kurdish militant group responds to call from its jailed leader Abdullah Öcalan to lay down arms

The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party, the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, has called for an end to the fight against the Turkish state. This may open the door to ending four decades of conflict that has claimed over 40,000 lives. RFI's correspondent in Istanbul looks at the implications for…