Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday called for full support of the disarmament of Kurdish militants that began with a handover of the first batch of weapons by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) forces,

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday hailed the symbolic disarmament of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters as a "new page" for Turkey, but fell short of any concrete reforms or amnesty measures.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said a “new page in history” has turned, after the Kurdish PKK militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in the country began laying down their weapons.