Senior PKK Figure Says Group Won’t Lay Down Arms or Return to Turkey Unless Öcalan Is Freed - Turkish Minute
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Senior PKK figure says group won’t lay down arms or return to Turkey unless Öcalan is freed - Turkish Minute
Cemil Bayık, a senior figure in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has said the group will not lay down its arms or return to Turkey unless its imprisoned founder, Abdullah Öcalan, is freed. Bayık, co-chair of the Executive Council of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), an umbrella organization that includes the PKK and allied […]
KCK Co-Chair Cemil Bayık made statements regarding the "Turkey Without Terrorism" process. Bayık expressed the demand for a meeting with Abdullah Öcalan, stating that the KCK should also visit İmralı. Regarding the disarmament and return of organization members to Turkey, Bayık said, "We will not lay down our arms and we will not go to Turkey unless Apo (Öcalan) is free."
KCK Executive Council Co-Chair Cemil Bayık has made the release of Abdullah Öcalan a condition for laying down arms and returning to Turkey. Bayık stated, "If Apo is not free, we will not lay down our arms and we will not go to Turkey." Arguing that the framework law does not meet their demands, Bayık said that concrete steps must be taken in the political and legal fields. Bayık also stated that the KCK should go to İmralı and meet with Öcalan …
"Bahçeli made some statements, formalizing this issue. This is important for us. If they pave the way for Leader Apo and allow him to work, this..."
KCK Executive Council Co-Chair Cemil Bayık, in a statement regarding the process, argued that organization leaders should also go to İmralı and meet with Abdullah Öcalan. Bayık asserted that they would not lay down their arms or return to Türkiye until Öcalan was freed, and also criticized the appointment of Mazlum Abdi, the former General Commander of the disbanded SDF, as an advisor to Syrian President Ahmed Shara.
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