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PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey in major step toward ending conflict
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Supporters react after jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan, 75, called on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to disarm and dissolve itself in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, on February 27, 2025 (Ilyas AKENGIN / AFP)
Outlawed Kurdish militants declare a ceasefire with Turkey after a landmark call by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan urging the group to disband.
“In order to pave the way for the implementation of leader Apo’s call for peace and democratic society, we are declaring a ceasefire effective from today,” the PKK executive committee says in a statement quoted by the pro-PKK ANF news agency, referring to Ocalan.
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