PKK evacuates four areas in northern Iraq, Turkish security sources say

The PKK has evacuated four residential areas in northern Iraq, including the Baze region near Metina on October 8, as part of Türkiye's "terror-free Türkiye" project, Turkish security sources told Hürriyet Daily News on Monday. The project, launched in late 2024, requires the PKK's full disarmament and dissolution; a framework law passed by Türkiye's parliament would postpone legal proceedings against certain PKK members by five to ten years if disarmament is completed.

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