The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) began laying down its weapons in a symbolic ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday, marking the first visible step in a broader disarmament process aimed at ending over four decades of armed conflict with Turkey. Iraqi and Turkish officials hailed the move as a historic milestone for regional stability.

The Kurdish guerrilla group held a symbolic ceremony in which a portion of their weapons was set on fire, marking the start of their disarmament process. This

The group took up arms in 1984, beginning a string of bloody attacks on Turkish soil that sparked a conflict that cost more than 40,000 lives. In May, the PKK announced its dissolution.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a hopeful shift as the PKK begins disarmament, signaling an end to decades of unrest. The decision follows urging by imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan.

After announcing they would disarm, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) destroyed their weapons in northern Iraq.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday hailed a symbolic disarmament move by Kurdish militants as the beginning of a new chapter in the country’s decades-long fight against terrorism, but warned the process would not involve political bargaining.

As Turkey tentatively steps onto a path towards peace, buoyed by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) symbolic disarmament, the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) is preparing for an internal overhaul with an eye to elevating the party's political standing.

The United States' representative to Türkiye and its Special Envoy for Syria, Tom Barrack, stated that the terrorist group PKK/YPG in Syria could enc