Monday, September 9, 2013

Kurdish Rebels Halt Withdrawal From Turkey Raising Concerns That The Ceasefire Is About To Collapse



Kurdish PKK Rebels 'Halt Turkey Pull-Out' -- BBC

The rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) says it has halted its withdrawal from Turkey, a website linked to the armed militant group reports.

The PKK accused the Turkish government of failing to move towards "democratisation and the resolution of the Kurdish problem", the Firat news agency reported.

The PKK had started the withdrawal earlier this year, under a peace plan.

The 30-year Kurdish conflict has left more than 40,000 people dead.

The PKK said the ceasefire it announced in March would remain in force. But it urged Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government to "take action in line with the project of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan", the jailed PKK commander who negotiated the peace deal.

Ankara insists on a full PKK withdrawal for peace talks to progress.

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More News On Kurdish Rebels Halting Their Withdrawal From Turkey Thereby Raising Concerns That The Ceasefire Is About To Collapse

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Kurdish rebels halt withdrawal from Turkey to Iraq: accuse govt of failing to enact reforms -- FOX News/AP
Kurdish Rebels Halt Turkey Pullout -- Voice of America
Militant PKK halts withdrawal but says it will honor cease-fire -- UPI
PKK halts withdrawal of Kurdish rebels from Turkey -- Deutsche Welle
Ceasefire doubts as Kurdish rebels halt withdrawal from Turkey -- Euronews
Is Turkey's peace process with the Kurds collapsing? -- Mahmut Hamsici, BBC

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