PKK Rebels Begin Withdrawal From Turkey -- Al Jazeera
Kurdistan Workers' Party fighters begin move to northern Iraq's Qandil mountains as part of peace process.
Kurdish rebels have started their gradual retreat from Turkey to bases in northern Iraq, a Kurdish party leader said, kicking off a key stage in the peace process with the Turkish government aimed at ending one of the world's bloodiest insurgencies.
Gultan Kisinak, a joint leader of a major pro-Kurdish political party in Turkey, said a first group of rebel fighters started their advance toward the border with Iraq on Wednesday.
The Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, declared a cease-fire in March and agreed to withdraw guerrilla fighters from the Turkish territory, heeding a call from its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan, who is engaged in talks with Turkey to end a nearly 30-year battle that has cost tens of thousands of lives.
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