{"id":37509,"date":"2013-05-09T16:08:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T13:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=37509"},"modified":"2013-05-09T16:08:51","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T13:08:51","slug":"turkey-pkkpkk-terrorists-begins-withdrawal-turkey-news-37509","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/turkey-pkkpkk-terrorists-begins-withdrawal-turkey-news-37509\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey &#8211; PKK:Pkk terrorists begins withdrawal \/ Turkey News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Pkk-Begins-Withdrawal-Turkey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37517\" title=\"Pkk-Begins-Withdrawal-Turkey\" alt=\"Pkk-Begins-Withdrawal-Turkey\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Pkk-Begins-Withdrawal-Turkey.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Pkk-Begins-Withdrawal-Turkey.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Pkk-Begins-Withdrawal-Turkey-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Pkk-Begins-Withdrawal-Turkey-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Pkk-Begins-Withdrawal-Turkey-540x360.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>Kurdish Pkk \u00a0terrorists \u00a0have begun to withdraw from Turkey in a step forward for a peace process aimed at ending an insurgency which has killed 40,000 people in the Turkey southeast region.<\/h1>\n<p>Turkish security forces manned checkpoints along the mountainous border with Iraq as the first small groups of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters began to move.<\/p>\n<p>The withdrawal, ordered last month by top PKK commander Murat Karayilan, is the biggest step yet in a peace deal negotiated by the group&#8217;s jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan after 30 years of conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The PKK declared a ceasefire in March, but has rejected demands to disarm from the Turkish government.<\/p>\n<p>Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) co-leader Gultan Kisanak said: &#8220;I can say the withdrawal began today based on the information we have.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Local sources report that the armed PKK militants are on the move.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has gambled on the process, causing a nationalist backlash before elections next year as he attempts to end a conflict which has affected Turkey&#8217;s image abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Karayilan has warned that PKK fighters will retaliate if they are attacked by the Turkish army as they withdraw to Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>The group has complained about &#8220;provocative&#8221; acts by the Turkish government, including construction of military border posts, reconnaissance flights by unmanned drones and mobilisation of troops.<\/p>\n<p>Withdrawals in 1999 were disrupted when Turkish forces ambushed departing rebels, killing around 500 people and wrecking hopes for a permanent peace.<\/p>\n<p>The PKK, considered a terrorist organisation by Turkey and the West, is believed to have between 1,500 and 2,000 fighters inside Turkey, as well as several thousand in northern Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>A full withdrawal is expected to take several months.<\/p>\n<!-- Error, Advert is not available at this time due to schedule\/geolocation restrictions! 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