Turkey-PKK conflict: Hope, fear and anger for families waiting for war to end
The families of PKK fighters speak of their hopes and fears after the group announced it was disbanding.
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Three years ago, the former sandwich seller left home to join the group - proscribed as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the US, UK and EU - in the remote Qandil Mountains, near Iraq's border with Iran.
Apart from two videos he's sent, the last in March, Leila hasn't seen him since.
"When I first heard about the announcement I was very happy," says Leila, whose name we have changed because she fears reprisals from the group.
"But as time has passed, nothing has changed."
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