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PKK Disarms in Historic Step Towards Peace with Turkey

7/11/2025

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In a historic move towards peace, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) initiated disarmament in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, ending a 40-year conflict with Turkey. Thirty fighters, including key commanders, symbolically destroyed their weapons, responding to leader Abdullah Ocalan's plea for peace and a focus on Kurdish rights and political solutions.

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In a historic move towards peace, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) initiated disarmament in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, ending a 40-year conflict with Turkey. Thirty fighters, including key commanders, symbolically destroyed their weapons, responding to leader Abdullah Ocalan's plea for peace and a focus on Kurdish rights and political solutions.