A file photo taken on August 11, 2005 shows Murat Karayilan, co-leader of the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) and leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Confederalism Council (KKK), posing during an interview with AFP in a camp near Arbil in the Sinena mountains, northern Iraq. Kurdish rebels announced on April 25, 2013 that they would begin withdrawing from Turkey on May 5 into their safe haven in northern Iraq amid a peace drive between Ankara and the rebel movement. "As part of ongoing preparations, the withdrawal will begin on May 5, 2013," Murat Karayilan, the leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), was quoted as saying by the pro-Kurdish Firat news agency. "The withdrawal is planned in phases ... and is aimed to be finalised as soon as possible." MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images ( 519212926 )