US EditionKurdish militant official says Turkey has stalled peace talks, blaming a lack of reforms
Murat Karayilan said Ankara has not advanced promised reforms, even after the PKK declared a ceasefire and disarmament steps last year.
- On Thursday, PKK co-founder Murat Karayilan declared the peace initiative with Turkey effectively "frozen," accusing Ankara of failing to enact necessary legal and political reforms to advance the process.
- Last year, the PKK declared it would disarm following a call by imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan; a Turkish parliamentary committee's recommended reforms have stalled, and an April legislative deadline passed without any bill introduced.
- While Ocalan remains in solitary confinement on Imrali island, Karayilan noted the PKK's internal mandate cannot advance, citing Turkish military operations in northern Iraq and detention of thousands of political prisoners.
- Zagros Hiwa, spokesperson for the Kurdistan Communities Union, accused Ankara of "instrumentalizing" the process for political gain, contradicting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who claimed peace efforts were moving in a "positive atmosphere."
- The conflict, which has claimed tens of thousands of lives since 1984, faces "precarious implications" from the impasse, with the PKK designated a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States, and the European Union.
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Kurdish militant says Turkey stalled peace talks over reforms
A peace initiative to end a decades-long conflict with Kurdish militants has been effectively “frozen” by the Turkish government, a top militant commander said on Thursday. He and another officials with the group accused Ankara of failing to enact legal and political reforms needed to move the process forward, contradicting recent optimistic statements by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Murat Karayilan, a co-founder of the Kurdistan Work…
Kurdish militant official says Turkiye has stalled peace talks,
IRBIL, Iraq: A peace initiative to end a decades-long conflict with Kurdish militants has been effectively “frozen” by the Turkish government, a top militant commander said on Thursday. He and another officials with the group accused Ankara of failing to enact legal and political reforms needed to move the process forward, contradicting recent optimistic statements by Turkish
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Kurdish militant official says Turkey has stalled peace talks, blaming a lack of reforms
A top Kurdish militant commander says Turkey has effectively "frozen" a peace initiative with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party or PKK.
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