Kurdish PKK fighters lay down their arms after decades-long insurgency | DW News

After a decades-long fight against the Turkish state and more than 40,000 dead, the Kurdistan Workers' Party – PKK – is laying down arms. This began with a ceremony today in northern Iraq, with dozens of PKK fighters symbolically burning their weapons. The militants – designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the EU and the US –have said they will now pursue a democratic struggle for Kurdish rights. 0:00 PKK says it has completed its ‘historical mission’ 4:38 Ezgi Basaran, University of Oxford 9:28 DW Turkey correspondent Julia Hahn 14:19 Hürcan Asli Aksoy, German Institute for International and Security Affairs 20:05 Henri Barkey, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington #turkey #pkk #kurdish For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Instagram:   / dwnews   ►TikTok:   / dwnews   ►Facebook:   / deutschewellenews   ►Twitter:   / dwnews   Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie:    / dwdeutsch   Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutsche...