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From bullets to ballots: Kurdish fighters lay down arms, 5 key things about Turkey-PKK peace deal
The move comes in response to a historic call by jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan in February, urging them to end their decades-long insurgency and embrace democratic means to defend the rights of T
PKK fighters were to begin laying down their weapons at a ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan Friday, two months after the Kurdish rebels ended their decades-long armed struggle against the Turkish state.
The PKK begins disarmament Friday near Sulaimani, following Öcalan’s call to end armed struggle. A phased handover monitored by Turkish, Iraqi, and Kurdish officials marks a historic step toward peace ...
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) plans to disarm in Iraq, aiming to complete the process within months. Oversight ...
"Politics know no vacuum; therefore, the vacuum should be filled with the program of 'Democratic Society'," said Öcalan.
Due to sensitivities over the abandonment of the insurgency, the fighters will destroy rather than surrender their weapons.
It is part of a larger process in which the PKK is moving to lay down its arms.In May, the PKK said it would lay down its ...
A few dozen fighters are planned to destroy their fighters in a symbolic disarmament ceremony. There will be no journalists present and the event will not be broadcast live as part of new security ...
The PKK's jailed leader says in video address that his movement no longer seeks a nation state ahead of ceremony to lay down ...
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