This signals the end of one of the longest conflicts in the world - a historic moment for Turkey, its Kurdish minority, and neighbouring countries into which the conflict has spilled over. A spokesman for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party said it was an important step towards a country free of terror.

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The PKK announced on May 12 that it was dissolving itself, bringing an end to its more than four-decade armed insurgency. The move came after a new peace initiative launched by the ruling coalition in October and a public call from imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan urging the group to disband.

After more than four decades of armed struggle, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has announced its intention to lay down arms. The move, declared unilaterally and without negotiations or concessions from Ankara,

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When Abdullah Ocalan said his Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, should lay down its arms and disband after more than four decades of conflict with the Turkish state and tens of thousands of deaths, there was an instant look across the border to Syria.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Tuesday that Turkey’s intelligence services will closely monitor the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to ensure the group follows through on its pledge to dissolve and disarm.

Türkiye entered new phase in its fight for ‘terror-free Türkiye’ with terrorist group PKK's decision to disband, says President Erdogan - Anadolu Ajansı