ALBAWABA - Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) announced in a statement on Sunday that it was withdrawing all its forces from Turkey, AFP reported.
PKK further mentioned that its fighters will be moved to northern Iraq instead of Turkey.
In a historic move, the PKK group said that "they have withdrawn all guerrilla forces in Turkey to the Medya Defense Areas to advance the Peace and Democratic Society Process to its second phase," the PKK-affiliated Firat news agency reported.
“These historic steps taken by the Kurdish side, under the leadership of Leader Abdullah Ocalan and the PKK, have profoundly impacted the political and social landscape of Turkey, revealing a new spirit and will toward peace and democratization,” the statement also read.
