PKK to withdraw from Turkey

by admin
Apr 25, 2013

The PKK has announced it will withdraw its troops from Turkey in May.

At a press conference in Kurdistan, northern Iraq, military leader of the Kurdish group, Murat Karayilan, said that the withdrawal will be completed as soon as possible.

In a statement, seen by the BBC, the PKK proposed a 3 stage plan to achieve peace, namely, the withdrawal of the PKK from Turkey, constitutional amendments made by Ankara and a complete disarmament of the PKK once Abdullah Ocalan and other Kurdish prisoners are released.

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