this post was submitted on 12 May 2025
39 points (100.0% liked)

World News

1120 readers
336 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be a decent person
  2. No spam
  3. Add the byline, or write a line or two in the body about the article.

Other communities of interest:

founded 7 months ago
MODERATORS
Deceptichum@quokk.au
Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com
PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat
39
Kurdish militant group PKK agrees to disband in Turkey (www.semafor.com)
submitted 1 week ago by Domino@lemmings.world to c/world@quokk.au
2 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

The Kurdistan Workers Party militant group, known as the PKK, announced Monday that it would disband, ending 40 years of deadly conflict with the Turkish government.

The PKK originally sought to establish an independent Kurdish state, but more recently focused on securing Kurdish people’s rights — some 20% of Turkey’s population are Kurdish. The decision came after the PKK’s leader, who was jailed in 1999, in February called for disarmament and to instead pursue democracy. It remains unclear how the disarmament will proceed, including what will happen to PKK leaders, or how other Kurdish groups in neighboring Iraq and Syria might respond.

top 2 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Seems like a serious gamble

[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah, sounds closer to Ukraine and Nukes than anything else