In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul, Ocalan said that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party ... The DEM party has long pressed for greater democracy in Turkey, rights for the country’s ...

"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.

In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul, Ocalan said that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party ... analysts say. Call for greater democracy in Turkey The peace effort comes at a time ...

For more than four decades, Turkey has been fighting an armed insurgency by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., a militant group that says it seeks greater ... prison to map out a plan ...