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PKK disarmament to take a few months in Iraq, Turkey ruling party says

The handover of weapons by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Iraq, following its decision to disband, should be completed within a few months, a spokeperson for Turkey's ruling AK Party said late on Wednesday.

DPA International on MSN · 1d

Pro-Kurdish party in Turkey announces planned PKK disarmament in Iraq

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party says the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will take a first formal step toward disarmament on Friday. It follows Wednesday's publication of jailed founder Abdullah Öcalan's call to abandon armed struggle against the Turkish state.

Asharq Alawsat (English) on MSN · 2h

PKK Disarmament to Take a Few Months in Iraq, Türkiye Ruling Party Says

The handover of weapons by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Iraq, following its decision to disband, should be completed within a few months, a spokeperson for Türkiye's ruling AK Party said late on Wednesday.

Jailed PKK leader urges end to fight

Associated Press News on MSN · 1d

Jailed Kurdish militant leader urges PKK fighters to disarm before a symbolic peace ceremony

The jailed leader of a Kurdish militant group renewed Wednesday a call for his fighters to lay down their arms, days before a symbolic disarmament ceremony is expected to take place as a first concrete step in a peace process with the Turkish state.

DPA International on MSN · 1d

Jailed PKK leader urges end to fight in first video in 26 years

Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed founder of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey, has called on his followers to abandon their armed struggle against the Turkish state, speaking directly to supporters by video for the first time in 26 years.

Bianet · 1d

PKK leader Öcalan releases first video message in 26 years ahead of disarmament ceremony

"Politics know no vacuum; therefore, the vacuum should be filled with the program of 'Democratic Society'," said Öcalan.

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PKK to destroy weapons

Due to sensitivities over the abandonment of the insurgency, the fighters will destroy rather than surrender their weapons.

Ocalan: founder of the Kurdish militant PKK who authored its end

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist ...

Devdiscourse8h

PKK Disarmament: A Step Towards Lasting Peace

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) plans to disarm in Iraq, aiming to complete the process within months. Oversight ...

Taipei Times23h

PKK head outlines key for Turkey deal

The DEM, Turkey’s third-biggest party, has played a key role in facilitating the emerging peace deal. The DEM has submitted a ...

Five key dates in the Turkey-PKK conflict

Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) will start laying down their arms at a ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday, ...

Middle East Eye1d

PKK no longer seeks independent Kurdistan, Ocalan says in rare video

The PKK's jailed leader says in video address that his movement no longer seeks a nation state ahead of ceremony to lay down ...

1don MSN

PKK moves towards peace: Ocalan’s historic appeal for a democratic future

It is part of a larger process in which the PKK is moving to lay down its arms.The PKK had said it would lay down its arms ...

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President Barzani, Iraq security advisor discuss PKK disarmament, Iran border pact

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Wednesday met with Iraqi National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji in Erbil to discuss key security developments, including the anticipated disarmament ...

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