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Kurdish PKK militants burn weapons, beginning disarmament
STORY: Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, burned their weapons on Friday.The event signified the beginning of ...
Key dates in PKK Kurdish militant group's decades-long armed struggle against Turkey
Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, have begun laying down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony marking the ...
Kurdish PKK militants begin handing over weapons in cave in Iraq
SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq (Reuters) -Dozens of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants began handing over weapons in a ceremony in a ...
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Kurdish PKK fighters destroy weapons at key ceremony
The group took up arms in 1984, beginning a string of bloody attacks on Turkish soil that sparked a conflict that cost more ...
'An irreversible turning point': Turkey seeks to close chapter on Kurdish movement as PKK disarms
As Kurdish armed group PKK started disarmament today as part of its dissolution, Turkey claimed it as a ‘milestone’ and an ...
PKK Fighters Need Security Guarantees To Return To Turkey: Top Commander
Turkey must push through legal reforms to allow PKK militants to return home without fear of being jailed or killed, a top commander told AFP after the Kurdish militant group began disarming Friday.
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Live: PKK to hold historic disarmament ceremony
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is set to hold a symbolic disarmament ceremony today in the Sulaymaniyah district of the ...
Jailed Kurdish militant leader urges PKK fighters to disarm before a symbolic peace ceremony
The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has renewed his call for fighters to disarm. Abdullah Ocalan emphasized ...