PKK begins disarmament process after 40 years of armed struggle in Turkiye
SULAYMANIYAH, KURDISTAN REGION, IRAQ, JUL 11 – Thirty PKK fighters began symbolically destroying their weapons near Sulaymaniyah, marking the first step in a disarmament process following a ceasefire declared in March, officials said.
- On July 1, near Sulaymaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan, a group of 30 PKK militants held a ceremony where they publicly burned their arms as part of the group’s shift away from armed conflict.
- This act followed imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan's February and June appeals urging the group to disarm and shift to peaceful politics.
- The PKK, founded in 1978 by Ocalan, has waged an armed insurgency against Turkey since 1984, causing approximately 40,000 deaths over four decades.
- Ocalan pledged the disarmament would be "implemented swiftly," while President Erdogan said peace efforts would gain speed as PKK lays down arms.
- The ceremony marks a pivotal transition from armed conflict to political engagement, signaling hope for a lasting peace process in the region.
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In May, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) announced it would end its armed struggle against the Turkish state. Now, the first of about 2,000 fighters in northern Iraq are laying down their arms. Turkey, however, continues to fight them.
SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq.- Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters, a Kurdish separatist group that for decades fought a violent insurgency in Turkey, began to lay down their arms on Friday at a symbolic ceremony in northern Iraq, in what is the first concrete step towards a disarmament promised as part of a peace process.The PKK, in conflict with the Turkish state and outlawed since 1984, announced in May its dissolution and the end of the armed confl…
Kurdish separatist fighters in Iraq begin laying down weapons as part of peace process with Turkiye
Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkiye began laying down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony on Friday in northern Iraq, the first concrete step toward a promised disarmament as part of a peace process.
A first group of members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) began on Friday, July 11, the arms delivery process in the Suleimaniya region of northern Iraq, marking a significant step towards the end of decades of conflict with the Turkish state. READ ALSO: Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan proclaims the end of the armed struggle of the PKK The decision of the PKK to leave the armed road was announced last May, after intense military operations by…
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