Turkey's Kurds say PKK militants heeding jailed leader's peace call is the right move
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There has been a major development in an armed conflict that has raged for decades between Turkey and a Turkish Kurdish group. The group's founder has called for followers to disarm and dissolve.
Kurdish militia declares ceasefire following leader’s call to end five-decade insurgency with Turkey
For almost five decades, Turkey has been at war with the PKK, founded by Ocalan in 1978. Much of the fighting has focused on the group’s desire to establish an independent Kurdish state in the ...
Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader ...
ISTANBUL — Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of a Kurdish militant group that has fought a decades-long insurgency against Turkey, issued a call from prison on Thursday asking the movement ...
Kurdish fighters who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey have declared a ceasefire, just two days after their ...
Hope rises to finally achieve peace after years of fighting following the PKK's cease-fire announcement both within Türkiye ...
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) clarified on Sunday that the unilateral ceasefire they announced ...
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