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Peace with PKK could boost Turkey's status in Middle East
After its four-decade insurgency against Turkey's government, the Kurdistan Workers' Party has symbolically laid down its ...
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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, ...
What to know about the latest effort to end Turkey's 40-year Kurdish conflict
A group of 30 Kurdish fighters have ceremonially burned their weapons in northern Iraq, marking a major step toward ending a ...
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-Kurdish conflict: PKK militants burn weapons in landmark step ...
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 ...
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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Live: PKK to hold historic disarmament ceremony
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is set to hold a symbolic disarmament ceremony today in the Sulaymaniyah district of the ...
Erdoğan hails new page in Turkey’s history as Kurdish fighters lay down arms
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the country had “turned . . . a new page in history” as Kurdish militants began to hand over their weapons in the latest step t ...