ALBAWABA - The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group has decided to disband and end its armed struggle, a Turkish media outlet announced on Monday.
According to Reuters, the PKK group has been in a bloody conflict with the Turkish government for more than 40 years.
The decision taken by the Kurdish militant group is set to have other effects in the region, considering that the PKK's arms spread also to neighbouring countries such as Iraq and Syria, where Kurdish forces are allied with American forces.
TRT World said that the clashes between the Turkish forces and the PKK forces have killed more than 40,000 people since the creation of the group in 1984.
The PKK was designated a terrorist group by Turkey and its Western allies.
"The PKK 12th Congress decided to dissolve the PKK'S organizational structure, with the practical process to be managed and carried out by Leader Apo, and to end the armed struggle method," according to a statement that used PKK's jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan's nickname.
