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.

Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call from prison for his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down arms sparked both hope and scepticism in Turkey on Thursday, while analysts linked it to a possible bid to overcome presidential term limits.

Iraq's displaced Kurds hope to return home after Turkey's Kurdish militants declare a ceasefire - The mountains of northern Iraq have for years been a sanctuary for Kurdish militants fighting a decade