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CNN on MSN · 1d

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 small but hugely symbolic gesture that marks the beginning of an end to a conflict with the Turkish state that’s lasted nearly five decades and cost tens of thousands of lives.

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 first step toward the group’s promised disarmament. The move on

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) · 1d

After decades of insurgency against Turkey, PKK begins disarming in step toward peace

For the first time in four decades, the Kurdistan Workers Party, known as the PKK, is laying down its arms and says it will end its insurgency against Turkey. The separatist group’s disbandment comes after its imprisoned leader announced an end to its 41-year armed struggle and a transition to democratic politics.

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PKK disarmament opens new page for Turkey, Erdogan says

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday called for full support of the disarmament of Kurdish militants that began with ...

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Turkey's leader says PKK disarmament opens 'new page in history' after group lays down arms

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said a “new page in history” has turned, after the Kurdish PKK militant group that has ...

Al-Monitor on MSN7h

Turkey's Kurdish regions not yet ready to believe in peace process

Southeast Turkey, where the army has battled Kurdish militants for decades, is not yet convinced that lasting peace is at ...

Turkey's Bahçeli hails PKK disarmament ceremony: 'a new and hopeful era'

Bahçeli also commended the DEM Party for maintaining what he described as a responsible political stance. Nationalist ...

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PKK militants in Iraq begin laying down arms as part of peace process with Turkey

Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey began laying down their ...

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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 ...

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