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Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters, who reportedly withdrew from Turkey with their weapons, stand to attention during a ceremony in the Qandil area of northern, Iraq, Sunday, Oct 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya, File)

Turkey’s Erdogan signs law offering conditional pardon for thousands of PKK militants

Associated Press

Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters, who reportedly withdrew from Turkey with their weapons, stand to attention during a ceremony in the Qandil area of northern Iraq, щт Oct 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya, File)

Turkey’s Kurdish region greets a conditional PKK pardon with relief, joy and doubt

By Mucahit Ceylan and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

FILE - Forces of the regional Kurdish administration secure the area of the Jasana Cave ahead of a symbolic disarmament ceremony by the separatist PKK group as part of the peace process with Turkey, in Sulaymaniyah governorate, Iraq, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Kurdish militant official says Turkey has stalled peace talks, blaming a lack of reforms

By Stella Martany - Associated Press

FILE - Youngsters hold a photograph of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the militant Kurdish group, or PKK, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu, File)

Turkish lawmakers back PKK peace reforms but tie steps to disarmament

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Youngsters hold a photograph of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the militant Kurdish group, or PKK, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu, File)

Turkey says it is closely monitoring PKK disbandment to secure peace

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Youngsters hold a photograph of the jailed leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, Abdullah Ocalan as they gather to watch live on a tv screen a Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party, or DEM, delegation members releasing an statement from Ocalan, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu, File)

The PKK Kurdish militant group will disband and disarm as part of a peace initiative with Turkey

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Youngsters hold a photograph of the jailed leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, Abdullah Ocalan as they gather to watch live on a tv screen a Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party, or DEM, delegation members releasing an statement from Ocalan, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu, File)

PKK Kurdish militant group to disarm, disband as part of peace initiative with Turkey

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Emergency and security teams are deployed outside of Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. at the outskirts of Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Yavuz Ozden/Dia Photo via AP)

Turkey strikes Kurdish militant targets in Syria and Iraq for a second day

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

FILE - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 31, 2023. Fidan warned on Wednesday Oct. 4, 2023 that Kurdish militants behind a suicide bombing in the Turkish capital face robust retaliation against their group’s positions in Syria and Iraq. (Maxim Shemetov/ Pool Photo via AP, File)

Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militia targets in Syria after U.S. downed Turkish armed drone

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

A member of Turkish security forces stands guard near a cordoned off area after an explosion in Ankara, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the heart of the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Sunday, hours before parliament was scheduled to reopen after a summer recess. A second assailant was killed in a shootout with police. (AP Photo/Ali Unal)

Turkey detains dozens of people in raids following suicide bomb attack

Associated Press

FILE - Turkish Army vehicles are driven away on a convoy at the Habur/Ibrahim Khalil border crossing with Iraq, near Silopi, southeastern Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. At least 6 Turkish soldiers killed in attacks by Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, Ankara says on Thursday, Aug, 10, 2023. (DHA-Depo Photos via AP, File)

At least 6 Turkish soldiers killed in attacks by Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, Ankara says

By Robert Badendieck - Associated Press

Forensic experts collect a dead body after an explosion on Istanbul's popular pedestrian Istiklal Avenue Sunday, Istanbul, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. (Ismail Coskun/IHA via AP, File)

Why Istanbul blast has political implications

By Zeynep Bilginsoy - Associated Press

Police forces drive to Elmau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Monday, June 27, 2022. The G-7 leaders will begin Monday's session of their three-day summit with a focus on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Live updates | Erdogan adamant on Sweden, Finland NATO bids

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A burning vehicle seen after an explosion in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, after assailants exploded a car bomb near vehicles carrying military personnel in the Turkish capital, killing several people and injuring scores of others, officials said. The explosion occurred during evening rush hour in the heart of city, in an area close to where military headquarters and the parliament are located. (AP Photo)

Turkey blames Kurdish rebels, Syria for Ankara attack

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Turkish soldiers prepare the coffins of fallen comrades, including Lt. Col. Ilker Celikcan, front, before a ceremony at the military airport in Van, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, two days after 16 soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in a Kurdish rebel attack against troops in southeast Turkey on Sunday. The attack was the deadliest assault on Turkish troops since renewed fighting between the rebels and Turkey's security forces erupted in July, shattering a fragile peace process. (IHA Agency via AP)

Turkish forces cross into Iraq for short-term PKK operation

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press