The Kurdistan Workers' Party announced on Sunday it was withdrawing all its forces from Turkey to northern Iraq, with 25 fighters including eight women participating in a ceremony in the Qandil Mountains according to multiple sources.</span

Daily Sabah

The New Arab

The Kurdistan Workers' Party announced on Sunday it was withdrawing all its forces from Turkey to northern Iraq, with 25 fighters including eight women participating in a ceremony in the Qandil Mountains according to multiple sources.

The PKK formally renounced its armed struggle against Turkey in May following a call from imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan, ending four decades of violence that claimed approximately 50,000 lives according to various reports.</span

Dw.Com

The PKK formally renounced its armed struggle against Turkey in May following a call from imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan, ending four decades of violence that claimed approximately 50,000 lives according to various reports.

Turkey established a 48-member cross-party parliamentary commission to prepare legal frameworks for PKK integration and decide Ocalan's fate, with the group being held in solitary confinement on Imrali island since 1999.</span

Hürriyet Daily News

Turkey established a 48-member cross-party parliamentary commission to prepare legal frameworks for PKK integration and decide Ocalan's fate, with the group being held in solitary confinement on Imrali island since 1999.

The PKK urged Turkish authorities to enact specific transitional laws for democratic integration rather than general amnesty, while Turkish officials described the withdrawal as concrete progress toward a terror-free Turkey initiative.</span

Al-Monitor

The PKK urged Turkish authorities to enact specific transitional laws for democratic integration rather than general amnesty, while Turkish officials described the withdrawal as concrete progress toward a terror-free Turkey initiative.

In July, the PKK held a symbolic ceremony destroying weapons in northern Iraq, which Turkish President Erdogan hailed as an irreversible turning point in the peace process according to multiple sources covering the event.</span

Al Jazeera

In July, the PKK held a symbolic ceremony destroying weapons in northern Iraq, which Turkish President Erdogan hailed as an irreversible turning point in the peace process according to multiple sources covering the event.

The peace process involves Turkey's third-largest party DEM facilitating negotiations, with a delegation scheduled to meet President Erdogan before visiting Ocalan on Imrali island to advance the democratic transition.</span

The peace process involves Turkey's third-largest party DEM facilitating negotiations, with a delegation scheduled to meet President Erdogan before visiting Ocalan on Imrali island to advance the democratic transition.

PKK Withdraws All Forces from Turkey to Iraq in Peace Move

PKK Withdraws All Forces from Turkey to Iraq in Peace Move

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