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Turkiye’s Erdogan says PKK leader’s call to disband is historic opportunity

Erdogan said Turkiye would closely watch to make sure talks to end the armed rebellion were 'brought to a successful conclusion', warning against any provocations [Cagla Gurdogan/Reuters]

Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Abdullah Ocalan’s appeal for his outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to disband and disarm was a “historic opportunity” as senior members of the president’s party demanded the dissolution of PKK affiliates in Iraq and Syria.

“We have a historic opportunity to advance towards the objective of destroying the wall of terror”, Erdogan said on Friday, a day after the jailed PKK founder’s statement.

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