NEW YORK TIMES: The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group declared a “formal and clear ceasefire” with Turkey on Saturday after the rebels’ jailed leader this week ordered a halt to the decades-long armed campaign for autonomy…
The government has agreed on a commission of “wise men” to facilitate the peace process, Turkish media reported on Saturday.
Kurds, who make up about 20 percent of Turkey’s population of 75 million people, want greater cultural and political rights… (more)
