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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that work was underway on a legal framework that will ⁠speed up ⁠the disbandment of the ​Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, ⁠and that it would be ⁠put ‌on parliament’s ⁠agenda without delay.

Speaking to lawmakers from ​his ruling AK ‌Party in parliament, Erdogan did not elaborate on what the legal ​measures would include, but said Ankara ‌was determined ​to successfully conclude the peace process with the ⁠PKK and ‌end its ​more than 40-year insurgency against ‌the ⁠Turkish ⁠state.

[Reuters]