After decades of fighting, the Kurdish group’s imprisoned leader is now calling for its fighters to put down their arms.

The decades-long conflict between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) may be approaching a historic turning point after the group’s jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, urged members to lay down arms and dissolve the organization.

Turkey's 40-year battle against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) could be nearing an end after its jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, called on the militant group on Thursday to lay down its arms and disband.