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Kurdish PKK militants burn weapons in landmark step to end decades-long Turkey conflict
A ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday saw a handful of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants lay down their weapons, a ...
'An irreversible turning point': Turkey seeks to close chapter on Kurdish movement as PKK disarms
As Kurdish armed group PKK started disarmament today as part of its dissolution, Turkey claimed it as a ‘milestone’ and an ...
PKK Demands Leader Ocalan's Release After Beginning Disarmament: Top Commander
Turkey must release jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan to ensure the success of the peace process, a top commander told AFP after the Kurdish militant group began destroying its arms Friday.
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PKK militants symbolically lay down arms in historic ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan
The ceremony marks a fresh turning point in a peace process aimed at ending the militant group’s four-decade-long armed ...
Jailed Kurdish militant leader urges PKK fighters to disarm before a symbolic peace ceremony
The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has renewed his call for fighters to disarm. Abdullah Ocalan emphasized ...
Ocalan: founder of the Kurdish militant PKK who authored its end
Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist ...
PKK moves towards peace: Ocalan’s historic appeal for a democratic future
It is part of a larger process in which the PKK is moving to lay down its arms.The PKK had said it would lay down its arms ...
Kurdish Separatist Fighters in Iraq Begin Laying Down Weapons as Part of Peace Process With Turkey
Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey have begun laying down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony Friday in northern Iraq, the first conc ...