- Sputnik International
World
Get the latest news from around the world, live coverage, off-beat stories, features and analysis.

Turkey Pro-Kurdish Party Urges Government, Kurdish Militants to Cease Fire

© AFP 2023 / ILYAS AKENGIN Armed Kurdish militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) stand behind a barricade during clashes with Turkish forces on September 28, 2015, at Bismil, in Diyarbakir
Armed Kurdish militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) stand behind a barricade during clashes with Turkish forces on September 28, 2015, at Bismil, in Diyarbakir - Sputnik International
Subscribe
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party urges government forces and PKK militants to cease hostilities.

This photo taken on October 12, 2015 shows pieces of the traditional bread simits, a banner reading 'Peace Now' , and photos of victims at the site of the October 10 bombings in Ankara - Sputnik International
Evidence Shows ISIL, PKK Possibly Linked to Ankara Suicide Bombing
ANKARA (Sputnik) — Turkey’s pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) on Tuesday released a statement urging government forces and militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to cease hostilities.

"We urge the Kurdish democratic confederation [that includes the PKK] to prolong ceasefire and the government — to stop carrying out police and military operations, in order to give the new parliament a chance to show force and will for continuation of process of the Kurdish question settlement," the statement obtained by RIA Novosti said.

Tensions in Turkey escalated in mid-summer 2015, when authorities launched a military campaign against PKK militants in northern Iraq. The campaign started after a terrorist attack organized on July 20 by the Islamic State (ISIL) near the Turkish-Syrian border and after PKK militants took the responsibility for the murders of Turkish police officers in South-Eastern provinces.

In early October, the PKK leadership called for its fighters to halt military activity until a November 1 parliamentary election. The announcement came after a twin suicide bomb attack outside a central train station in Ankara that killed 102 people.

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала