The Curdistan Workers Militant Group (PKK) announced on Monday that it decided to dissolve, according to the media near the separatist group, in a historical movement after decades of conflict with Turkey, which killed tens of thousands of people.
“The 12th PKK Congress has decided to dissolve PKK’s organizational structure and end the armed struggle method,” the group said in a statement, according to the Pro-Curda Firat News Agency news agency.
The decision should have long -range political and security consequences for the region, where Kurdish forces are combined with US forces.
The Firat news agency published what it said was the closing statement of a congress that PKK held last week in northern Iraq, in response to an appeal made in February by its arrested leader, Abdullah Ocalan, for its dissolution.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not immediately commented on the announcement.
For nearly five decades, Turkey was at war with PKK, founded by Ocalan in 1978. Most of the fighting focused on the group’s desire to establish an independent Kurdish state in the southeastern country. But in recent years, the group has claimed more autonomy within Turkey.
More than 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict since launched his insurgency in 1984. He is c.
