The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group declared an immediate ceasefire, heeding jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan’s disarmament call, in a major step toward ending a 40-year insurgency. The ceasefire…
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Erdogan says PKK leader’s call to disband a ‘historic opportunity’
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskTurkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Abdullah Ocalan’s appeal for his outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to disband and disarm was a “historic opportunity” as senior members of the…
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The jailed leader of Turkiye’s outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, has been quoted as saying he may be prepared to call for militants to lay down arms after…
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Turkish airstrikes kill 17 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, ministry says
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskTürkiye’s military conducted airstrikes in northern Iraq and “neutralized” 17 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the defense ministry said Monday. Turkey, which typically uses the term neutralized…