"The group, which has waged an insurgency against Turkey for some four decades, in which more than 40,000 people have been killed, decided in May to lay down its arms after a call from its 76-year-old jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan. In a statement from Iraq, the PKK said the withdrawal aimed to enable it to establish a "free, democratic and brotherly life" and was part of its efforts to advance the processes of disarmament and integration."
""Significant steps need to be taken, legal arrangements for a process compatible with freedom," senior PKK militant Sabri Ok told journalists at a ceremony. "We want laws that are specific to the process, not just an amnesty." The group has already said it now wants to defend the rights of the Kurdish minority in Turkey by democratic means, as called for by Ocalan."
The PKK announced a withdrawal of all forces from Turkey to northern Iraq as part of a disarmament process aimed at enabling a free, democratic and brotherly life and advancing integration. The move followed a May decision to lay down arms after a call from jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan and comes after decades of insurgency that killed more than 40,000 people. The PKK urged Ankara to enact legal and political measures to allow transition into democratic politics, seeking specific integration laws rather than a simple amnesty. Turkish officials framed the withdrawal as progress toward a terror-free Turkey.
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