ISTANBUL

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that now doors of a dark era was being shut down for Turkey.
Not only 30-year-old terrorism but also a problem extending back for longer years would end with the solution process to Kurdish issue, added Erdogan who spoke at a meeting in Istanbul on Saturday.
Today, Turkey is entering a new phase and a new league, Erdogan said, adding that the government, which had struggled against the terrorist organization with a determined manner for the last ten years, was now reaching its target.
Murat Karayilan, one of the heads of PKK terrorist organization, recently said that PKK terrorists were set to begin withdrawing from Turkey on May 8. The withdrawal announcement came after a call by PKK's jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan for ceasefire as part of talks with Turkish intelligence officials to end nearly three decades of armed conflict that killed tens of thousands of people.