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PKK disarmament opens ‘new page in history’ for Turkiye, Erdogan says

Weapons placed by PKK fighters are burned during a disarming ceremony in northern Iraq, July 11, 2025 [Handout from Kurdistan Workers' Party Media Office/Handout via Reuters]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the country has begun a new era as the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) started the process to disarm after a four-decade armed conflict that killed more than 40,000 people.

In an address to his party, Justice and Development (AKP), Erdogan said on Saturday that the “scourge of terrorism has entered the process of ending”.

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