US EditionKurdish rebel group PKK says it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq
The PKK ended a 40-year conflict with 50,000 deaths by withdrawing fighters to northern Iraq, following a year-long peace process initiated by Ankara and Abdullah Ocalan.
- A militant Kurdish group announced it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq as part of a peace effort with Turkey.
- The Kurdistan Workers Party has been waging a decades-long insurgency in Turkey that has led to tens of thousands of deaths since the 1980s.
- The PKK stated it is withdrawing its forces from Turkey with the approval of its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan, to prevent any risk of clashes or provocations.
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According to its own statements, the PKK is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey - another step in the peace process between it and the Turkish state. The Kurdish workers' party is classified as a terrorist organisation in many countries.
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The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has announced this Sunday the withdrawal of all its fighters from their positions in Turkey, at a further step in the peace process initiated between the Turkish State and the armed group, which announced in May its dissolution and the end of forty years of struggle. At a press conference staged in northern Iraq with two large photographs of its historic imprisoned leader, Abdulá Ocalan, the PKK leadership have…
Tens of thousands of people have been killed in the conflict between the PKK and the Turkish government. A peace process has been underway for several months. Now the PKK announces another step.
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) announced last May its dissolution and the intention to end the armed conflict with the Turkish state.
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group has announced it is withdrawing from Turkey as part of a disarmament process. The PKK, which has waged an insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984, decided in May to disarm and disband after a call to end its armed struggle by its imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan. The fighting has killed more than 40,000 people. In July, the group, designated a terrorist organization by Turkey, t…
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