Turkey's pro-Kurdish party confirms PKK to start weapons handover on Friday
Speaking in Ankara, Aysegul Dogan said the PKK's disarmament process must be made permanent through a series of legal assurances and with the formation of necessary mechanisms for a transition to democratic politics.
Dogan added that DEM members would attend the ceremony in Sulaymaniyah, along with a group of PKK militants, but said that she did not have further information about the process.
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