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The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has renewed his call for fighters to disarm. Abdullah Ocalan emphasized in a video message on Wednesday the importance of abandoning armed conflict and embracing peace through politics.
Abdullah Ocalan, jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, appeared in a rare online video on Wednesday to declare the group's armed struggle against Turkey over and call for a full transition to democratic politics.
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday expressed his hope that the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) s disarmament will be a good
A group of 30 Kurdish fighters have ceremonially burned their weapons in northern Iraq, marking a major step toward ending a decades-long insurgency. The members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party,
The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor and purge of the opposition marks a dangerous shift in Turkey’s democracy, threatening political pluralism, press freedom, and economic stability as Erdogan consolidates power through repression.
ISTANBUL, July 10 (Reuters) - Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) faces a wave of charges of corruption, insulting officials and terrorism links that has left hundreds of its members and municipal workers, including 14 mayors, detained or jailed.
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Agence France-Presse on MSNPKK militants want to enter Turkish politics: top commanderKurdish militants want to return to Turkey and enter mainstream politics, one of the PKK's joint leaders told AFP on Friday after the group's fighters began destroying their arms at a ceremony in Iraq.
As Kurdish armed group PKK started disarmament today as part of its dissolution, Turkey claimed it as a ‘milestone’ and an ‘irreversible turning point’ in the Turkish-Kurdish conflict.