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Kurdish militia declares ceasefire following leader’s call to end five-decade insurgency with Turkey
For almost five decades, Turkey has been at war with the PKK, founded by Ocalan in 1978. Much of the fighting has focused on the group’s desire to establish an independent Kurdish state in the ...
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Kurdish PKK militants declare immediate ceasefire
(Reuters) -The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group declared an immediate ceasefire on Saturday, a news agency close to it said, heeding jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan's ...
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Kurdish PKK militants declare ceasefire, heeding jailed leader’s call
(Reuters) – The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group declared an immediate ceasefire today, a news agency close to it said, heeding jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan’s ...
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Turkey seeks dissolution of PKK-linked groups in Syria and Iraq, following leader's peace plea
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A senior Turkish official on Friday called for the dissolution of affiliates in Iraq and Syria of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, a day after the PKK’s imprisoned ...