This week’s disbanding of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) could see its ailing 77-year-old founder Abdullah Ocalan, who has been in jail for 26 years, “get house arrest in the sunny Turkish Riviera”,

Tens of thousands of people lost their lives, a result of armed conflict,” and “the terrorist group laying down its arms is a victory for civilization,” Pigott stated.

Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), has welcomed the group's decision to dissolve itself in line with his appeal in February.

The Kurdish insurgent group PKK in Turkey says it will lay down its arms and disband after a decades-long fight that killed tens of thousands.

In a message released on Tuesday, Ocalan conveyed his respect and approval of the congress, held from Nov. 5 to 7, and paid tribute to senior PKK figures Ali Haydar Kaytan and Riza Altun, whose deaths were announced recently.

To fully disarm, we must also trust the state," said Murat Karayılan, a senior member of the militant group that declared its disbanding.

A top official says Turkey is closely monitoring any attempts to undermine its peace initiative with the PKK following the militant Kurdish group’s announcement that it is ending its decades-long armed conflict with the Turkish state.

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist" to many within wider Turkish society. After a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state that resulted in tens of ...

Decision concluded at PKK's 12th congress under call of imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan, as reported by Firat News