While conflicts rage across the globe, Turkey may just stand on the brink of ending a struggle that has lasted nearly half a century.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, launched an insurgency against Turkey in 1984 with the aim of creating an independent state. But in February last year, a turning point came when imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan called on the group to disarm and dissolve.

And last week, hope took tangible form as the Turkish parliament passed a law paving the way for rebels to return and reintegrate into society.

From our partners at Deutsche Welle, DW, Dorian Jones reports.

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