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Kurdish militant group PKK ends insurgent war against Turkey after 40 years

by 12/05/2025
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The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced Monday that it will disband and disarm, ending 40 years of conflict with Turkey.

The announcement follows a February call by PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been imprisoned on an island near Istanbul since 1999, for the group to hold a congress and formally dissolve. According to Öcalan, the PKK has outlived its original mission.

In March, the PKK declared a unilateral ceasefire with Turkey amid political signals from Turkey’s ruling coalition suggesting the PKK leader could be granted parole if the group disbanded.

The group, which had been designated a terrorist organization by Turkey, the EU and the U.S., has waged an insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984, claiming tens of thousands of lives.

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