The separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party said it is ready to lay down its arms after a call from its jailed leader to do so. The group has waged an insurgency against Ankara for decades.

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia will heed its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan's call for disarmament and declare an immediate ceasefire, a news agency close to the group cited it as saying on Saturday,

The decades-long conflict between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) may be approaching a historic turning point after the group’s jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, urged members to lay down arms and dissolve the organization.