Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK, which has waged a 40-year insurgency against Turkey, has announced it is laying down its arms and disbanding. The move followed a call in February by the group's jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, for it to disband.

The beginning of the end is near for the terrorist group PKK to completely dissolve itself, as media reports say the group will turn in its arms

Turkish stocks jumped on Monday, bonds climbed and the lira rallied against the euro as news the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group was ending its four decade-long insurgency in the country added to U.

If decision to dissolve PKK terror group is implemented 'sincerely, it will be very beneficial for everyone, for our future,' says Hakan Fidan - Anadolu Ajansı

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The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is expected maintain bases in the Yazidi heartland of Shingal (Sinjar) in western Nineveh province, despite announcing its dissolution and the end of its armed struggle against Turkey,