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The Kurds have finally given in to Erdogan

Paul Wood
A man holds a portrait of Abdullah Ocalan, the founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), during celebrations marking the first day of spring in Diyarbakir, south-eastern Turkey. Getty Images
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All wars end, one way or another. One of the longest wars in the Middle East, between Turkey and Kurdish separatists, may finally be over. After 40 years of bitter struggle, the Kurdistan Workers’ party, the PKK, has declared that it will disarm and disband.

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Paul Wood was a BBC foreign correspondent for 25 years, in Belgrade, Athens, Cairo, Jerusalem, Kabul and Washington DC. He has won numerous awards, including two US Emmys for his coverage of the Syrian civil war

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