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| The Grand Turk |
| More PKK militants surrender as peace process continues |
| 2015-03-23 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] The number of outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) holy warriors who laid down arms and surrendered to security forces has reached 988 since the beginning of 2013, when the Kurdish grinding of the peace processor began, according to data collected by the Interior Ministry. The data showed there has been a rise in the number of PKK holy warriors surrendering since the beginning of the ongoing Kurdish grinding of the peace processor. The new data, which covers the last three years, showed 150 PKK holy warriors surrendered themselves to security forces in 2012. It also showed the number has continued to rise since 2013, when the grinding of the peace processor began. Accordingly, a total of 233 PKK holy warriors surrendered in 2013, while the number rose to 500 last year. Meanwhile, ...back at the precinct house, Don Calamari's lawyer was getting even redder in the face... 105 PKK holy warriors have laid down arms and surrendered to security forces in the first three months of this year, pushing the total number of surrendered holy warriors to 988 over the last three years. Abdullah Öcalan, the locked away Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! leader of the PKK, reiterated his call to "end the 40-year-long arms struggle" against ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , urging the organization to convene an extraordinary congress in a letter which was read out in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir during the Nevruz celebrations on March 21. The Nevruz celebrations in 2013 marked a new era for a resolution when Öcalan issued his first call on the PKK to declare a ceasefire, underlining it was the right time to end the armed conflict and begin a political struggle for the rights of Kurds. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Let's hope Turkey sentences these guys to fighting in Aleppo or somewhere. |
| Posted by: Mystic 2015-03-23 01:55 |