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How the PKK sustained its insurgency, from black market 1940s rifles to anti-aircraft missiles
Abdullah Ocalan called on his followers to disarm, possibly ending more than four decades of insurgency against the Turkish ...
Kurdish PKK militants declare immediate ceasefire
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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 ...
The New Zealand Herald11d
PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey after 40 years of armed struggle
Supporters react after jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, 75, called on the PKK to disarm and dissolve itself in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey. Photo / AFP Outlawed ...
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World News
On the streets of Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast, some of those who had lost relatives fighting on the side of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK ...
The Washington Post12d
Kurdish PKK militants declare a ceasefire in 40-year insurgency in Turkey
The announcement by the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, comes against the backdrop of fundamental changes in the region, including the reconfiguration of power in neighboring Syria after the ...
U.S. News & World Report12d
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 ...