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Jailed PKK leader urges end to fight

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 in a video message on Wednesday the importance of abandoning armed conflict and embracing peace through politics.

DPA International on MSN · 1d

Jailed PKK leader urges end to fight in first video in 26 years

Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed founder of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey, has called on his followers to abandon their armed struggle against the Turkish state, speaking directly to supporters by video for the first time in 26 years.

Euronews on MSN · 1d

Jailed PKK leader urges Kurdish militants to disarm before symbolic peace ceremony

In the first footage of him to be released publicly since 1999, Abdullah Ocalan declared that the PKK's armed struggle against Turkey was over. View on euronews

PKK, Iraq and Turkey

Reuters on MSN · 20h

PKK disarmament to take a few months in Iraq, Turkey ruling party says

ISTANBUL, July 10 (Reuters) - The handover of weapons by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Iraq, following its decision to disband, should be completed within a few months, a spokeperson for Turkey's ruling AK Party said late on Wednesday.

DPA International on MSN · 1d

Pro-Kurdish party in Turkey announces planned PKK disarmament in Iraq

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party says the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will take a first formal step toward disarmament on Friday. It follows Wednesday's publication of jailed founder Abdullah Öcalan's call to abandon armed struggle against the Turkish state.

Yahoo News UK · 13h

Turkey attempts to neutralise PKK tunnels in Iraq despite dissolution of Kurdish militant group

While the PKK has announced its dissolution and intention to stop fighting, clashes continue in Iraqi Kurdistan between Kurdish guerrillas and the Turkish army. Turkish forces seek to neutralise the PKK's extensive tunnel network in the Gara Mountains – a war unfolding in a remote region,

Al Jazeera on MSN6h

Iraq’s displaced Kurds eye return after Kurdish group PKK declares ceasefire with Turkiye

PKK fighters to lay down arms in Iraqi Kurdistan after decades of conflict. Farming communities devastated by fighting hope ...

Devdiscourse20h

PKK Disarmament: A Step Towards Lasting Peace

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) plans to disarm in Iraq, aiming to complete the process within months. Oversight ...

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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 ...

Middle East Eye1d

PKK no longer seeks independent Kurdistan, Ocalan says in rare video

The PKK's jailed leader says in video address that his movement no longer seeks a nation state ahead of ceremony to lay down ...

Rudaw8h

Presidential spox thanks Turkey, PKK for 'confidence' in Kurdistan Region

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdistan Region Presidency's spokesperson on Thursday thanked Ankara and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) for their 'confidence' in the Region to host the historic ...

Al-Monitor3d

Erdogan, pro-Kurdish MPs meet in 'new phase' of rapprochement

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish DEM party Monday to discuss the next steps after ...

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