Turkey gives conditional pardon for PKK militants

Kurdistan Workers' Party fighters during a ceremony in northern Iraq
The pardons will come into force when it's confirmed that the PKK has fully dissolved and disarmed. -AP

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signed into law a measure that would introduce a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants as part of a government peace effort with the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK.

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