Strategic Research Center warns that while most Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters are likely to disarm if a peace agreement with Turkey comes to fruition, some may break away and continue the group's armed struggle.

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A momentous ceasefire declaration on Saturday stirred a mix of emotions in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq, where people bore the brunt of the 40-year conflict between Kurdish militants and the Turkish state.

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Saturday announced a ceasefire with Turkey, two days after its jailed leader Abdullah Öcalan urged the group to disarm and disband. The ceasefire, effective immediately,

Residents in Diyarbakir, Turkey's largest Kurdish-majority city, said on Sunday that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party's (PKK) decision to heed its jailed leader's call for peace was correct and prosperity would follow if the decades-old conflict ended.

Kurdish fighters who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey have declared a ceasefire, just two days after their imprisoned leader called for the group to disarm.

Following the declaration of Kurdistan Workers Party leader Abdullah Ocalan on Feb. 27 for the party to lay down arms and disband, the Turkish political process is said to be entering a new phase. Turkish experts tell VOA the process is mixed with Turkish President Recep Erdogan's ambitions

The PKK leader’s calls for the group to disarm and dissolve is a step towards ending a 40-year conflict with the Turkish state.