{"id":260998,"date":"2025-07-11T18:05:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T17:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-pkk-begins-to-disarm-new-hopes-for-peace-with-turkey-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T18:05:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T17:05:21","slug":"the-pkk-begins-to-disarm-new-hopes-for-peace-with-turkey-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-pkk-begins-to-disarm-new-hopes-for-peace-with-turkey-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"The PKK begins to disarm \u2013 New hopes for peace with Turkey? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/D-9Uqqshg7U\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The PKK begins to disarm \u2013 New hopes for peace with Turkey? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D-9Uqqshg7U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Militant fighters of the Kurdistan Workers&#8217; Party (PKK) have begun handing over weapons in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah as part of a new peace process with Turkey. Since the PKK launched its insurgency against Turkey in 1984 \u2013 originally with the aim of creating an independent Kurdish state \u2013 the conflict has killed more than 40,000 people, imposed<br \/>\na huge economic burden and fuelled social tensions. The PKK is classified as a terrorist organization by Ankara, the EU, and the US (must mention!). Some observers expect that as the disarmament process unfolds, Ankara will show a new openness to the Kurds, an ethnic minority with a distinct culture and language who make up about 20 percent of Turkey&#8217;s population of 85 million.<\/p>\n<p>#dwnewsshorts #turkey #pkk <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Militant fighters of the Kurdistan Workers&#8217; Party (PKK) have begun handing over weapons in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah as part of a new peace process with Turkey. Since the PKK launched its insurgency against Turkey in 1984 \u2013 originally with the aim of creating an independent Kurdish state \u2013 the conflict has killed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":260999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[130864,139945,135891],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-260998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-fighters","tag-kurdistan","tag-militant"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The PKK begins to disarm \u2013 New hopes for peace with Turkey? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch The PKK begins to disarm \u2013 New hopes for peace with Turkey? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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