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    Kurdish PKK Fighters Burn Weapons in Step Toward Peace With Turkey

    The disarmament of the P.K.K., a group that has battled since the 1980s for Kurdish independence, could end a conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people.
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    Jailed Kurdish Leader Declares the End to PKK’s Armed Struggle In Turkey

    In the first footage of him to be released publicly in 25 years, Abdullah Ocalan said the P.K.K. insurgency against Turkey would be replaced by politics.
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    Kurdish P.K.K. Says It Will End Conflict with Turkish State

    The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., said on Monday that it would lay down its arms, a decision that could reverberate across neighboring countries.