Kurdish militant PKK says disbanding, ending armed struggle
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The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, which has been locked in bloody conflict with Turkey for more than four decades, has decided to disband and end its armed struggle, group members and Turkish leaders said on Monday.
The PKK announced on May 12 that it was dissolving itself, bringing an end to its more than four-decade armed insurgency. The move came after a new peace initiative launched by the ruling coalition in October and a public call from imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan urging the group to disband.
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Monday it would dissolve itself, in what would be a historic move after decades of conflict with Turkey that have killed tens of thousands of people. The militant group said in a statement Monday that “all ...