Kurdish rebel group PKK says it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkiye to Iraq

A militant Kurdish radical announced connected Sunday (October 26, 2025) that it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkiye to Iraq arsenic portion of a bid effort with Turkiye.

The connection issued successful bluish Iraq by the Kurdistan Workers' Party, oregon PKK, came months aft a radical of its fighters began laying down their weapons successful a symbolic ceremony, arsenic portion of the bid process.

The radical has been waging a decades-long insurgency successful Turkiye that has led to tens of thousands of deaths since the 1980s.

“To forestall immoderate hazard of clashes oregon provocations, we are presently withdrawing each our forces wrong Turkiye to the Medya Defence Area with Abdullah Ocalan's approval,” work the connection from KCK enforcement committee subordinate Sabri Ok, referring to the group's imprisoned leader.