"In the aim of showing good intentions, we will respect a ceasefire so that blood will not be shed and a mother's heart will not be broken during the end of Ramadan festivities," Firat News agency reported, quoting a PKK spokesman.\

Turkish and Kurdish Muslims are marking the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting, in a celebration called Eid-ul-Fitr, between Tuesday and Thursday.

The PKK called on Turkey's security forces to respect the ceasefire.

The PKK -- considered a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union -- has been fighting for a separate state in the mainly Kurdish southeast of Turkey since 1984.

According to figures recently released by the Turkish army, 24-year campaign had cost the lives of 32,000 Kurdish rebels, 6,500 members of the security forces and 5,500 civilians.