Kurdistan Workers Party Makes 'Final Warning' To Turkey On Peace Process

Kurdish Rebels Make 'Final Warning' To Turkey
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader, Murat Karayilan gives a speech on April 25, 2013 in the Qandil mountain, the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq. Kurdish rebels announced they would on May 8, 2013 begin withdrawing from Turkey into their safe haven in northern Iraq amid a peace drive between Ankara and the rebel movement. AFP PHOTO STR (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader, Murat Karayilan gives a speech on April 25, 2013 in the Qandil mountain, the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq. Kurdish rebels announced they would on May 8, 2013 begin withdrawing from Turkey into their safe haven in northern Iraq amid a peace drive between Ankara and the rebel movement. AFP PHOTO STR (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

ISTANBUL, July 19 (Reuters) - Kurdish militants issued what they said was a "final warning" to Turkey on Friday to take concrete steps to advance a peace process aimed at ending a three-decade conflict, or be responsible for it grinding to a halt.

"As a movement we are warning the (ruling party) AKP government for the last time ... If concrete steps are not taken in the shortest time on the subjects set out by our people and the public, the process will not advance and the AKP government will be responsible," the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said in a statement on one of its websites. (Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Nick Tattersall)

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