Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party will meet President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday to push a peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, while Turkish media reported the PKK would start handing over weapons in Iraq this week.

Turkey's pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Movement (DEM) party is meeting President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday to discuss the ongoing peace efforts with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). This comes after the PKK decided in May to disband and end its armed struggle.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish DEM party Monday to discuss the next steps after PKK militants agreed to end their decades-long insurgency.DEM, Turkey's third-biggest party,

ANKARA - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party said a delegation had met President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday to discuss the disarmament process of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants and had conveyed its recommendations on the next potential steps.