Friday, 11 July, 2025 , 13:59 AFP — Turkey must release jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan to ensure the success of the peace process, a top commander told AFP after the Kurdish militant group began destroying its arms Friday.

Friday, 11 July, 2025 , 12:31 AFP — Thirty PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a symbolic ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan Friday, two months after the Kurdish rebels ended their decades-long armed struggle against the Turkish state.

Friday, 11 July, 2025 , 10:33 AFP — Thirty PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday, two months after the Kurdish rebels ended their decades-long armed struggle against the Turkish state.

Friday, 11 July, 2025 , 09:53 AFP — Turkey on Friday hailed a ceremony where PKK militants destroyed a first batch of weapons as a "milestone" and an "irreversible turning point" on the road to peace.

Friday, 11 July, 2025 , 09:44 AFP — Thirty PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday, two months after the Kurdish rebels ended their decades-long armed struggle against the Turkish state.

Friday, 11 July, 2025 , 09:40 AFP — The PKK's move to begin destroying its weapons was a "historic" act that it hoped would bring peace, the Kurdish militants said on destroying a first batch of guns at a ceremony.

Friday, 11 July, 2025 , 09:02 AFP — Thirty Kurdish PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a ceremony in mountainous Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday, an AFP correspondent said.

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Friday, 11 July, 2025 , 07:13 AFP — PKK fighters were to begin laying down their weapons at a ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan Friday, two months after the Kurdish rebels ended their decades-long armed struggle against the Turkish state.