The Kurdistan Workers party (PKK) formally abandoned...
The Kurdistan Workers party (PKK) formally abandoned its 15-year separatist rebellion in south-east Turkey and adopted the democratic political programme pleaded for by its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan
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The Kurdistan Workers party (PKK) formally abandoned its 15-year separatist rebellion in south-east Turkey and adopted the democratic political programme pleaded for by its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan. At a secret meeting, believed to have been held in the mountains of northern Iran, Kurdish rebel commanders confirmed they would make their hitherto temporary ceasefire permanent.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Guardian, Reuters, 10/02/2000)
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