kurdish pkk - Search News

Order byBest matchMost fresh

PKK, Iraq and Kurdish

Kurdish PKK militants burn weapons in Iraq to start disarmament

By Ako Rasheed SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq (Reuters) -Thirty Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants burned their weapons at the mouth of a cave in northern Iraq on Friday, marking a symbolic but significant step toward ending a decades-long insurgency against Turkey.

· 1d · on MSN

First group of Kurdish PKK members burns weapons as a symbol of peace

· 1d · on MSN

Kurdish separatist fighters in Iraq begin laying down weapons as part of peace process with Turkey

· 1d

Kurdish PKK militants burn weapons in Iraq to launch disarmament

Dozens of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants will hand over their weapons in a ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday, marking a symbolic but significant first step toward ending a decades-long ins...

· 1d

Kurdish PKK burns guns in cauldron in big step towards ending Turkey conflict

· 2d

Kurdish Fighters Burn Weapons in Step Toward Peace With Turkey

· 1d

Kurdish PKK fighters destroy weapons at disarmament ceremony

Analysts say the PKK's military weakness makes disarmament a face-saving move, while allowing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to claim victory over a decades-long insurgency.

· 1d

Key dates in PKK Kurdish militant group's decades-long armed struggle against Turkey

· 2d

Kurdish PKK concludes handover, burning of weapons in northern Iraq

Radio France Internationale1d

Erdogan rejoices as Kurdish PKK fighters destroy weapons at disarmament ceremony

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday his country had achieved victory after Kurdish rebels destroyed their weapons, ending their decades-long armed struggle against Ankara.

4don MSN

Jailed Kurdish militant leader urges PKK fighters to disarm before a symbolic peace ceremony

ANKARA, Turkey — The jailed leader of a Kurdish militant group renewed Wednesday a call for his fighters to lay down their arms, days before a symbolic disarmament ceremony is expected to take place as a first concrete step in a peace process with the Turkish state.

Rudaw23h

Turkey continues strikes on PKK despite disarmament, says monitor

Turkey has continued its attacks on alleged Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) positions on Saturday, a day after the PKK symbolically destroyed weapons as part of peace negotiations with Ankara, according to a group monitoring the conflict.

'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 ‘irreversible turning point’ in the Turkish-Kurdish conflict.

Explore more

Turkey

disarmament

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan