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PKK tunnel — A fighter takes aim from a tunnel in August 2024. — HPG archive

DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY - JUNE 8: Supporters of the Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) wave flags with a picture of the jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan as they cheer during a gathering to celebrate their party's success in the parliamentary elections, on June 8, 2015 in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Turkey now faces the prospect of weeks of political unrest after the AK Party lost its parliamentary majority in polls over the weekend. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)

Kurdish umbrella group under Ocalan says Erdogan will never offer real peace to Turkey's Kurds

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Iraqi riot police protect the Turkish embassy in Baghdad on Feb. 18, 2021 after calls on social media to gather outside the Turkish embassy to protest Turkey's vows to invade the northwestern enclave of Sinjar.

Turkey’s anti-PKK assault leaves Kurds more divided

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

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Does Ankara attack mark strategy shift for Turkey's PKK?

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Remzi Kartal, a former member of the Turkish Parliament whose formal title is co-chair of the Kurdistan People’s Congress, in an undated image.

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