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Key dates in PKK Kurdish militant group's decades-long armed struggle against Turkey
Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, have begun laying down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony marking the ...
In Rare Video, Jailed Kurdish Leader Declares an End to Armed Struggle
In the first footage of him to be released publicly in 25 years, Abdullah Ocalan said the P.K.K. insurgency against Turkey ...
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.
Kurdish PKK militants to hand over first weapons in ceremony in Iraq
Dozens of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants will hand over their weapons in a ceremony in northern Iraq on 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 ...
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 ...
In video, jailed PKK leader Ocalan says armed struggle with Turkey over
Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), appeared in a rare online video on ...
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 ...