Daily Memo: Kurdish Disarmament, Chinese Espionage

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party is shifting its focus from armed struggle to democratic politics.

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PKK’s transition. The jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, officially declared the group’s armed struggle against Turkey over in a video address. He also reaffirmed his commitment to the PKK’s disarmament, which he called for in February. He stressed that the Kurdish-led Peoples’ Democratic Party, together with other political parties, would […]

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