Syrian PKK terrorists leave Turkey
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said most of the militants of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), who are Syrian citizens, left Turkey and moved to the north of Syria.
Some of the PKK militants will be resettled from the Turkish territory to northern Syria. , Hürriyet newspaper quotes Erdogan as saying on Wednesday.
Earlier, imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan called on the organization to lay down its weapons and leave the country.
Turkish authorities in turn promised all PKK militants that have laid down their weapons the facility for a safe exit from the country.
The conflict between Turkey and the PKK requiring creation of an independent Kurdish state, continues for more than 25 years and claimed more than 40,000 lives. PKK is recognized as a terrorist organization by the UN and the European Union.
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