Turkey's Kurds wary of path to peace after PKK declares ceasefire

The Independent

The Independent

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Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkiye following a landmark call by jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband.
The News International
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Öcalan’s call comes amid political signals from Turkey’s ruling coalition suggesting the PKK leader, imprisoned on an island off Istanbul since 1999, could be granted parole if the group disbanded.
Politico Europe
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On Thursday, a delegation of Kurdish politicians announced Ocalan's call for the PKK to lay down its arms and disband after visiting him on his island prison earlier the same day.
Daily Mail
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If successful, the move could have wide-ranging implications for the region, while ending a conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people since the PKK - now based in the mountains of northern Iraq - launched its armed insurgency in 1984.
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