The Kurdish insurgent group PKK in Turkey says it will lay down its arms and disband after a decades-long fight that killed tens of thousands.

The PKK has "waged an insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984", said Politico. Originally, it aimed to create an independent state for Kurds, an ethnic group of about 40 million people spread over Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. Such independence was promised by the allied powers after the First World War, but never granted.

The Kurdistan Workers Party, a militant organization that seeks an independent Kurdistan, announced it was disbanding, a move that is expected to have wide-ranging consequences throughout the region.

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The Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) landmark decision to dissolve itself and lay down arms has been widely welcomed. Discussions over the move continue in Turkey.

In a significant political and security development in Turkey, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) announced on Friday that it would hold its 12th congress in the Qandil Mountains of northern Iraq. This move comes in response to a call from imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan,

The militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) made "historic decisions" at a congress this week after a call from its jailed leader to dissolve, a linked news agency said on Friday - a potentially key step in resolving a long conflict with Turkey.