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Kurdish rebel group PKK says it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey as part of peace effort

PBS NewsHour (Associated Press) · 2025

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Accessed: 2026-09-01
Reliability notes: Published 26 October 2025.

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EstablishedAfter Turkey's parliament formed a 51-member commission on the process in August 2025, the PKK announced on 26 October 2025 that it was withdrawing all its forces from Turkey to northern Iraq. On 10 August 2026 parliament passed, by 468 votes to 88, a law letting PKK members who lay down their weapons return to civilian life; the government said Öcalan's case falls outside it, which the PKK called a red line.