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The terror-free Türkiye initiative took hold on Friday as the first group of members of the PKK terrorist group burned their weapons as a gesture
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) began laying down its weapons in a symbolic ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday, marking the first visible step in a broader disarmament process aimed at ending over four decades of armed conflict with Turkey. Iraqi and Turkish officials hailed the move as a historic milestone for regional stability.
The United Nations expressed strong approval on Friday as the PKK terror group began its disarmament process, marking a significant development in re
The Kurdish guerrilla group held a symbolic ceremony in which a portion of their weapons was set on fire, marking the start of their disarmament process. This
The group took up arms in 1984, beginning a string of bloody attacks on Turkish soil that sparked a conflict that cost more than 40,000 lives. In May, the PKK announced its dissolution.
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The Kurds are the world’s largest stateless ethnic group, with an estimated 25 to 30 million people living as minorities across Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkiye. Fragmentation and complex regional interests have always made Kurdish issues highly sensitive in the
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday hailed a symbolic disarmament move by Kurdish militants as the beginning of a new chapter in the country’s decades-long fight against terrorism, but warned the process would not involve political bargaining.
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Al Jazeera on MSNPKK disarmament opens ‘new page in history’ for Turkiye, Erdogan saysAfter announcing they would disarm, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) destroyed their weapons in northern Iraq.