PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan
WAP99062999 - 29 JUNE 1999 - - ANKARA, TURKEY: PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, seen here in a February 17 photo aboard a jet on his way to Turkey was sentenced to death today by a Turkish court. Ocalan was arrested at the Greek Embassy in Kenya and is blamed for a decades-old Kurdish rebel movement that is alleged to have killed thousands in Turkey. iw/ho/ UPI
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Turkish intelligence officials are monitoring the withdrawal of fighters from the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party, the deputy prime minister said.
Turkish fighters with the Kurdistan Workers' Party need to leave their weapons behind as they leave the country, the Turkish prime minister said Tuesday.
Addressing outstanding Kurdish issues will support Turkey's effort to join the European Union, the EU envoy to Turkey said.
While the U.S. government won't comment on Turkish internal affairs, there is a keen sense of optimism about its future, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey said.
There are no plans to withdraw military forces from southeastern Turkey ahead of a planned PKK withdrawal, the Turkish General Staff said.
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party will start a formal withdrawal from Turkish territory May 8, party leader Murat Karayilan said.
The militant Kurdistan Workers' Party says it will begin pulling its armed members from Turkey within two weeks, ending a three-decade conflict.
The Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, on Thursday announced that it plans to withdraw all of its militants from Turkey.
Kurdistan Workers' Party members will leave Turkey for northern Iraq where they'll receive political training, a pro-Kurdish lawmaker said Thursday.
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party said it has begun steps to leave Turkey.
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