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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.
First group of Kurdish PKK members burns weapons as a symbol of peace
The group of 30 members burned their weapons in a cauldron in Iraq. The group has been fighting with Turkey for 40 years.
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 ...
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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 ...
Factbox-Turkey's Legal Crackdown on Main Opposition Party CHP
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) faces a wave of charges of corruption, insulting ...
Turkey's pro-Kurdish party will meet with President Erdogan
ISTANBUL - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party will meet President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, seeking to move along a peace process ...
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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 ...
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 ...