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The PKK's original aim was to establish a Kurdish state in the southeast of Turkey, but over time its goals evolved into a campaign for greater autonomy for Turkey's Kurdish population.

Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey have begun laying down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony Friday in northern Iraq, the first concrete step toward a promised disarmament as part of a peace process

More than 30 percent of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region now has 24-hour state electricity, authorities said Thursday, with plans to extend full coverage by the end of 2026.

The troops had been looking for the remains of a comrade killed by Kurdish militants.

Soldiers died from gas exposure during a mission to recover a Turkish soldier missing in the cave since 2022.

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A Kurdish militant group has announced plans to start disarming as part of a peace process with Turkey

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