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Turkey Proposes Conditional Amnesty for PKK Fighters | San Antonio News
Turkey’s parliament is moving forward with a bold new bill offering conditional amnesty to thousands of Kurdish militants as part of a peace push with the PKK, following the group’s symbolic disarmament and retreat to Iraq. The legislation suspends sentences and halts legal cases for eligible fighters — excluding those convicted of murder or serving life sentences before 2005 — while requiring full PKK disarmament and government approval before implementation. With six months to apply, exiled and foreign-based fighters may benefit, though Ocalan’s release remains off the table — though rumors…
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