PKK Militants Surrender

A group of 34 militants from the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) surrendered to the Turkish Army on October 19, claiming that they were laying down their arms to support Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's policies to grant ethnic Kurds greater social and cultural rights. After being questioned by ministry of justice officials, all 34 guerrillas were released without charge. Following the release, Erdogan called on all PKK supporters to return to the country, and permanently end the decades-long insurgency. While a relatively minor tactical victory for the government, the surrender is a positive signal that Ankara's effort to improve ethnic Kurdish

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