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PKK to destroy weapons
Due to sensitivities over the abandonment of the insurgency, the fighters will destroy rather than surrender their weapons.
Jailed PKK leader Ocalan says armed struggle with Turkey is over
Abdullah Ocalan, jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, appeared in a rare online video on ...
Five key dates in the Turkey-PKK conflict
Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) will start laying down their arms at a ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday, ...
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PKK Disarmament: A Step Towards Lasting Peace
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) plans to disarm in Iraq, aiming to complete the process within months. Oversight ...
Jailed Kurdish militant leader urges PKK fighters to disarm before a symbolic peace ceremony
The jailed leader of a Kurdish militant group renewed Wednesday a call for his fighters to lay down their arms, days before a ...
Ocalan: founder of the Kurdish militant PKK who authored its end
Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist ...
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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 ...
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PKK leader Öcalan releases first video message in 26 years ahead of disarmament ceremony
"Politics know no vacuum; therefore, the vacuum should be filled with the program of 'Democratic Society'," said Öcalan.
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PKK head outlines key for Turkey deal
The DEM, Turkey’s third-biggest party, has played a key role in facilitating the emerging peace deal. The DEM has submitted a ...
Kurdish PKK militants to begin handing over arms in Iraq on Friday, NTV says
Militant fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) will begin handing over weapons in groups in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah on Friday as part of a peace process with Turkey, Turkish ...
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PKK no longer seeks independent Kurdistan, Ocalan says in rare video
The PKK's jailed leader says in video address that his movement no longer seeks a nation state ahead of ceremony to lay down ...