Kurdistan Workers’ party fighters burn weapons in disarming ceremony

Senior PKK figure Bese Hozat read a statement in Turkish outside the mouth of a cave near Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan region of Iraq's north on Friday. 'We voluntarily destroy our weapons, before your presence, as a step of goodwill and determination', she said. The ceremony marks a turning point in the transition of the PKK from armed insurgency to democratic politics in the four-decade conflict Kurdish militants PKK to disarm after decades of attacks against Turkey PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey after more than 40 years of conflict