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Kurdish separatist fighters in Iraq begin laying down weapons as part of peace process with Turkey
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, announced in May it would disband and renounce armed conflict, ending four decades of hostilities.
'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 ...
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Kurdistan Workers' Party begins historic weapon destruction in Iraq
By bnm Gulf bureau The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has begun destroying its weapons in an unprecedented move to end armed struggle and transition to peaceful political resistance, responding to a ...
PKK Disarmament to Take a Few Months in Iraq, Turkey Ruling Party Says
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -The handover of weapons by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Iraq, following its decision to ...
Key facts on Turkey's legal crackdown on main opposition party CHP
ISTANBUL, July 10 (Reuters) - Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) faces a wave of charges of corruption, ...
Turkey's pro-Kurdish party will meet with President Erdogan to push PKK peace process
Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party will meet President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday to push a peace process with the Kurdistan ...
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Spanish PM's party bars members from hiring sex workers
The Socialist party announced that "soliciting, accepting or obtaining sexual acts in exchange for money" was now banned for ...