Kurdish Separatists Call for a Cease-Fire in War
A Kurdish guerrilla group declared a new unilateral cease-fire in its war for autonomy in Turkey’s southeast, heeding a call from its imprisoned rebel leader, a pro-Kurdish news agency said.
The Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, said the cease-fire would go into effect today “in the hopes of starting a democratic process for the solution of the Kurdish problem,” the Firat news agency said on its website.
The Turkish government has ignored previous cease-fires by the group, saying it does not negotiate with terrorists.
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