PKK-Turkey truce after 40 years

• Outlawed Kurdish militants declare ceasefire with Turkiye following PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call for disbandment.
• This is the first reaction from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
• The PKK, designated a terrorist group by Turkiye, the U.S., and the EU, has been insurging since 1984.
• The group aims to establish a homeland for Kurds, constituting around 20% of Turkiye’s 85 million people.