"The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has said it is withdrawing all its forces from Turkiye to northern Iraq as part of a peace process with Turkiye, bringing an end to a months-long disarming process following a four-decade armed conflict that killed tens of thousands of people. We are implementing the withdrawal of all our forces within Turkiye, the Kurdish PKK said in a statement read out on Sunday in the Qandil area of northern Iraq, according to a journalist with the AFP news agency present at the ceremony."
"The PKK, which formally renounced its 40-year armed struggle in May, is currently making the transition from armed rebellion to democratic politics in a bid to end one of the region's longest conflicts, which killed some 50,000 people. But it urged Turkiye to take the necessary steps to push forward the process, which began a year ago when Ankara offered an unexpected olive branch to its jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan."
The PKK announced withdrawal of all its forces from Turkiye to northern Iraq as part of a peace process and a months-long disarming effort after a four-decade conflict. The group formally renounced its 40-year armed struggle in May and held a symbolic July ceremony destroying a first batch of weapons. A photograph showed 25 fighters, including eight women, who had already travelled from Turkiye. The conflict killed around 50,000 people. The PKK called on Turkiye to enact legal and political reforms and laws of democratic integration to enable Kurdish participation in democratic politics, referencing Abdullah Ocalan's historic call.
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