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PKK, Turkey and Abdullah Ocalan

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 Wednesday to declare the group's armed struggle against Turkey over and call for a full transition to democratic politics.

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PKK Demands Leader Ocalan's Release After Beginning Disarmament: Top Commander

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Key dates in PKK Kurdish militant group's decades-long armed struggle against Turkey

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Kurdish PKK militants to hand over first weapons in ceremony in Iraq

Dozens of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants will hand over their weapons in a ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday, marking a symbolic but significant first step toward ending a decades-long ins...

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Kurdish PKK burns guns in big step towards ending Turkey conflict

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Kurdish separatist fighters in Iraq begin laying down weapons as part of peace process with Turkey

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Kurdish PKK militants burn weapons in landmark step to end decades-long Turkey conflict

A senior Turkish official said Friday’s move was an “irreversible turning point” and described it as a “milestone.”

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Kurdish PKK concludes handover, burning of weapons in northern Iraq

The News-Times · 4h

What to know about the latest effort to end Turkey's 40-year Kurdish conflict

3hon MSN

First group of Kurdish PKK members burns weapons as a symbol of peace

The group of 30 members burned their weapons in a cauldron in Iraq. The group has been fighting with Turkey for 40 years.

Al-Monitor36m

PKK militants want to enter Turkish politics: top commander

Kurdish militants want to return to Turkey and enter mainstream politics, one of the PKK's joint leaders told AFP on Friday after the group's fighters began destroying their arms at a ceremony in Iraq.

Courthouse News Service1h

Kurdish PKK fighters destroy weapons at key ceremony

The group took up arms in 1984, beginning a string of bloody attacks on Turkish soil that sparked a conflict that cost more than 40,000 lives. In May, the PKK announced its dissolution.

Kurdish PKK militants burn weapons, beginning disarmament

STORY: Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, burned their weapons on Friday.The event signified the beginning of a disarmament process meant to end a bloody, four-decade insurgency against Turkey.

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" to many within wider Turkish society.- Jailed but still leading - With Ocalan's arrest,

Gulf Today37m

Kurdish PKK fighters destroy their weapons at disarmament ceremony

Thirty PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a symbolic ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday, two months after the Kurdish rebels ended their

2don MSN

PKK moves towards peace: Ocalan’s historic appeal for a democratic future

It is part of a larger process in which the PKK is moving to lay down its arms.The PKK had said it would lay down its arms and disband back in May. However, it is not clear when this process will begin and how long it will take.