The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia on Saturday declared an immediate ceasefire, two days after its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called on fighters to lay down their arms and dissolve the group.

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Tens of thousands of people have been killed in the four decades since Kurdish separatist group the PKK took up arms against the Turkish government.