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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ruth Michaelson and Faisal Ali

UNCOVERED: Pkk declares ceasefire with turkey after more than 40 years of conflict - The Untold Story

People celebrating with drums and flags
People in Diyarbakır, Turkey, listening to the jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan’s call for the group to disband on Thursday. Photograph: Mehmet Masum Suer/Sopa/Rex/Shutterstock

A Kurdish militia has declared a ceasefire in its 40-year insurgency against Turkey after its imprisoned leader called for the group to disarm and dissolve earlier this week.

“We are declaring a ceasefire to be effective from today on. None of our forces will take armed action unless attacked,” the executive committee of the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) said in a statement.

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