US EditionJailed Kurdish militant leader urges PKK fighters to disarm before a symbolic peace ceremony
NORTHERN IRAQ, JUL 09 – PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan urged fighters to disarm as part of a peace process ending 40 years of conflict that caused over 40,000 deaths, with a symbolic ceremony planned in Iraq.
- In a rare video on Wednesday, Abdullah Ocalan declared the PKK's armed struggle over and set a symbolic disarmament ceremony for later this week in Sulaymaniyah.
- PKK spokesman Zagros Hiwar reported that 20 to 30 fighters will publicly destroy their weapons in Sulaymaniyah on Friday with observers present.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expects rapid progress in the disarmament process, with government gestures supporting the initiative to benefit regional stability.
- The Turkish Grand National Assembly will establish a disarmament committee to oversee the process, which is expected to take two to five months, according to official statements.
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Abdullah Öcalan's historic call
Abdullah Öcalan's historic call on video is as follows: "Dear Comrades Ethically, I feel duty-bound to provide, via an – albeit repetitive – comprehensive letter, explanatory and creative responses for the problems, solutions, the achieved levels, and the concrete situation of our Communalist Camaraderie Movement. 1. I continue to defend the call for “Peace and Democratic Society”, [declared on] February 27, 2025. 2. By convening PKK’s 12th Diss…
On Friday, the PKK's disarmament will begin with a symbolic ceremony, overshadowed by the death of twelve Turkish soldiers.
The leader of the terrorist group called on his militants to lay down their arms before a disarmament ceremony next Friday.
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PKK founder says disarmament to happen fast in Turkey peace process
The disarmament of the Kurdish militant group PKK will happen quickly but establishing a Turkish political framework to ensure the switch to democratic politics will be crucial to its success, its jailed founder said Wednesday. Abdullah Ocalan's statement came ahead of Friday's ceremony for a first tranche of PKK militants to lay down weapons, two...
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