ANKARA, July 11 (Xinhua) -- A group of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants burned their weapons on Friday, in what Türkiye has welcomed as a symbolic and significant step toward disarmament.

ANKARA, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday declared "a new page" in history for Türkiye, as the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) begins the disarmament process.