In major shift, Ocalan calls for PKK to drop weapons, disband
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The conflict, which began in 1984, has claimed more than 40,000 lives, with Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast bearing the brunt of the bloodshed
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- Politics Of Turkey
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- Politics Of The Middle East
- Society Of Turkey
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- Turkish Kurdistan
- Politics Of Syria
- Kurdish Nationalism
- Aftermath Of The Arab Spring
- Kurdistan Workers' Party Insurgency
- Kurds
- Kurdish Irredentism
- Politics
- Turkish Involvement In The Syrian Civil War
- Autonomous Administration Of North And East Syria
- Shia–sunni Sectarian Violence
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- Conflicts
- Justice And Development Party (turkey)
- Islamic State Of Iraq And The Levant Activities
- Arab Winter
- 2013–2015 Pkk–turkey Peace Process
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