Turkey’s Kurds Welcome PKK Peace Call Amid 40-Year Conflict
Turkish Kurds have welcomed the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) call for peace, citing exhaustion with decades-old conflict. The outlawed group declared an immediate ceasefire on Saturday, heeding jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan’s disarmament call. President Tayyip Erdogan’s government and its nationalist ally, as well as pro-Kurdish parties, have voiced support for the peace call. However, Ankara … Read more