Turkey's Kurds say PKK militants heeding jailed leader's peace call is the right move
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Kurdish militia declares ceasefire following leader’s call to end five-decade insurgency with Turkey
For almost five decades, Turkey has been at war with the PKK, founded by Ocalan in 1978. Much of the fighting has focused on the group’s desire to establish an independent Kurdish state in the ...
The comments by Ocalan, who heads the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, were read at a news conference in Istanbul by Kurdish lawmakers and leaders who met with Ocalan earlier Thursday.
On the streets of Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast, some of those who had lost relatives fighting on the side of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK ...
After nearly 50 years of conflict, PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan has called for peace. Could this be the end of Turkey’s longest ...
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Erdogan Threatens PKK if Ocalan’s Promise Not KeptAnkara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Sunday to crush the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) if it refuses to adhere to the call made by its jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, to lay down ...
Hope rises to finally achieve peace after years of fighting following the PKK's cease-fire announcement both within Türkiye ...
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