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The move comes after the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) urged his group to formally disband and disarm.
The PKK's original aim was to establish a Kurdish state in the southeast of Turkey, but over time its goals evolved into a ...
Veteran Kurdish politician Ahmet Turk on Friday said the symbolic disarmament of a group of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) ...
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.
Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey have begun laying down ...
Turkey on Friday hailed a ceremony where PKK militants destroyed a first batch of weapons as a "milestone" and an "irreversible turning point" on the road to peace.
We view this development as an irreversible turning point—an opportunity to protect innocent lives and build a future free ...
Kurdish fighters from the PKK ceremonially burn their weapons in a disarming process:: The PKK decided in May to disarm and ...
According to Turkish officials, this weapon-burning ceremony is part of the third phase of a five-step plan of comprehensive settlement ...
For years, the PKK has fought Turkey for greater rights for the Kurdish minority. Today, the group began formally laying down ...