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PKK’s ‘farewell to arms’: What is ending, and what is beginning?
Perhaps we witnessed the most concrete and tangible steps ever taken toward peace; top-down and bottom-up. Despite its weight ...
Kurdish PKK concludes handover, burning of weapons in northern Iraq
A group of fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Friday concluded a formal weapons handover ceremony in ...
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Turkey-Kurdish conflict: PKK militants burn weapons in landmark ... - CNN
The Kurdish issue has come “to a point where it can be resolved through democratic politics,” the PKK said in a statement at the time. PKK weapons being destroyed in Sulaymaniyah, northern ...
Erdoğan calls for “Turkish-Kurdish-Arab” alliance, as PKK holds disarmament ceremony in Iraq
Turkish President Erdogan has made it clear that the agreement between Ankara and the Kurdish Workers Party was motivated by ...
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Kurdistan Workers’ Party begins disarmament in symbolic ceremony after four decades of conflict against Turkey
Fighters with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) line up to put their weapons into a pit during a ceremony in Sulaimaniyah, ...
PKK Disarmament Marks 'New Era' For Resolving Kurdish Question: Pro-Kurdish DEM Party
Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party on Friday hailed a "new era" following a historic disarmament ceremony at which PKK militants began destroying their weapons after ending decades of armed struggle.
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Jailed PKK leader urges end to fight in first video in 26 years
Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed founder of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey, has called on his followers to ...
In Rare Video, Jailed Kurdish Leader Declares an End to Armed Struggle
In the first footage of him to be released publicly in 25 years, Abdullah Ocalan said the P.K.K. insurgency against Turkey ...