Turkey's Kurds say PKK militants heeding jailed leader's peace call is the right move
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In its statement, the PKK's executive committee said Ocalan's call indicated that a "new historical process has begun in Kurdistan and the Middle East." Kurdistan refers to the parts of Turkey ...
Kurdish militia declares ceasefire following leader’s call to end five-decade insurgency with Turkey
For almost five decades, Turkey has been at war with the PKK, founded by Ocalan in 1978. Much of the fighting has focused on the group’s desire to establish an independent Kurdish state in the ...
It mentioned Turkey’s repression of the rights of Kurds — roughly a fifth of Turkey’s population — as the backdrop to the PKK’s founding, but called for action only on the part of the ...
The Turkish government, however, says all Kurdish groups it claims are tied to the PKK — whether in Turkey, Syria or Iraq — must disband. In recent years, the PKK has been limited to isolated ...
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