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PKK leader Öcalan releases first video message in 26 years ahead of disarmament ceremony
"Politics know no vacuum; therefore, the vacuum should be filled with the program of 'Democratic Society'," said Öcalan.
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President Barzani, Iraq security advisor discuss PKK disarmament, Iran border pact
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Wednesday met with Iraqi National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji in Erbil to discuss key security developments, including the anticipated disarmament ...
Kurdish fighters in Iraq to hand over weapons in first step toward disarmament
IRBIL, Iraq -- A Kurdish militant group that has waged a long-running insurgency in Turkey announced Thursday its fighters in ...
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Abdullah Öcalan Declares End to PKK's Armed Struggle
Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan has called for the group’s formal dissolution, urging a shift from armed struggle to democratic politics and peaceful coexistence. In a June 19 video, he declared the ...
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 ...
'They brainwashed my son': the families of PKK fighters waiting for 40-year conflict to end
When the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) announced last month that it would disband and end its decades-long ...
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PKK's Abdullah Ocalan: 'No Israeli dominance through Kurds'
Ocalan’s anti-Israel stance is well-known, as his group was based in the Bekaa Valley in the 1980s, cooperating wit h the ...