PKK, Turkey and Abdullah Ocalan
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The group of 30 members burned their weapons in a cauldron in Iraq. The group has been fighting with Turkey for 40 years.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that terrorism-free Turkiye would bring about positive results and help ensure lasting peace in the region. "May God grant us success on this path we walk for our nation's security,
The group took up arms in 1984, beginning a string of bloody attacks on Turkish soil that sparked a conflict that cost more than 40,000 lives. In May, the PKK announced its dissolution.
The PKK militants ceremonially burned their weapons in Iraq, marking a symbolic move toward ending their insurgency against Turkey. This step follows PKK's decision to disband and disarm, after a call from leader Abdullah Ocalan,
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The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has renewed his call for fighters to disarm. Abdullah Ocalan emphasized in a video message on Wednesday the importance of abandoning armed conflict and embracing peace through politics.
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 and disband back in May. However, it is not clear when this process will begin and how long it will take.
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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
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