8 hours agoKurdish PKK) breaks down and ends armed uprising in Turkey
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)The militant group Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has been at odds with the Turkish state for more than four decades, has decided to break down and end the armed uprising, a news agency close to it reported on Monday, REL, Periscopi broadcast. The Decision PKK is expected to have consequences [...]
The Decision The PKK is expected to have broad political and security implications for the region, including neighbouring Syria, where Kurdish forces are allies of American forces.
The Firat news agency published what it called a concluding statement of a congress the PKK held last week in northern Iraq, in response to the call the imprisoned Kurdish leader, Abdullah finished in February for the group's dissolution.
A pro-Kurdish demonstration against Turkey's military action in Kurdish positions in northern Syria and northern Iraq, and against the Kurdistan Workers' Party ban (PKK) in
Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan's office and Turkey's Foreign Affairs Ministry have not yet commented on the announcement.
More than 40,000 people have been killed during the conflict since 1984, when the PKK began its uprising.
Turkey and its Western allies have declared it PKK in terrorist organisation.
