Turkey MPs back moves to 'reintegrate' former PKK fighters

The recommendations of the cross-party parliamentary commission are meant to prepare the legal groundwork for peace moves between Turkey and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Last year the PKK formally renounced its armed struggle against Turkey after four decades of violence that claimed some 50,000 lives on both sides. The commission's 50 lawmakers are to vote on the report later Wednesday, which will then be put to the Turkish parliament for approval before becoming law. "The...