Years Ongoing Conflicts Map Armies Most Wanted Nuclear Powers Pictures Video Press Freedom Crime News ITALIANO

Saturday, 1 March, 2025

Turkey: Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) declares ceasefire with Turkey, ending 40 years of armed struggle

000_VS83T.jpg

Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband and end more than four decades of armed struggle.

It was the first reaction from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) after Ocalan this week called for the dissolution of the group and asked it to lay down arms.

[Read more…]