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Kurdish Militants Declare Ceasefire in Turkey

Kurdish militia declares ceasefire following leader’s call to end five-decade insurgency with Turkey

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia on Saturday declared an immediate ceasefire, two days after its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called on fighters to lay down their arms and dissolve the group.

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Kurdish Militant Group PKK Agrees to Disarm as Turkey Weighs Next Steps

While Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has acknowledged the ceasefire as a potential step toward peace, he has also warned that military operations against the PKK will resume if disarmament efforts falter.

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Kurdish PKK militants declare a ceasefire in 40-year insurgency in Turkey

Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire on Saturday in what could mark a significant boost to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government, two days after their imprisoned leader called for the group to disarm.

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Kurdish leader Ocalan issues message from prison, urging PKK to disarm to make peace with Turkey

Kurdish women gather to watch live on a tv screen a Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party, or DEM, delegation members releasing an statement from the jailed leader of the rebel ...

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Jailed Kurdish leader issues call to lay down arms

Ocalan's letter was read out on big screens in Diyarbakir and other mainly Kurdish cities Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdish group PKK, has called on his movement to lay ...