Turkey’s Erdogan meets pro-Kurdish politicians as they seek to end a 40-year conflict

In first since 2012, pro-Kurdish lawmakers meet Erdogan, 'hopeful' about peace

The meeting comes as Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party is treading a fine line amid ongoing outrage in the public over the Istanbul mayor’s arrest.

The talks are part of the process that began after Abdullah Ocalan's call for the PKK to disarm and dissolve itself.

Erdogan Meets Pro-Kurdish Politicians in Bid to End Decades of Violence

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on April 10 held his first meeting with pro-Kurdish politicians who are working to bring an end to the 40-year conflict between Turkey and Kurdish militants. Pervin Buldan and Sirri Sureyya Onder, parliamentary deputies for the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party, or DEM Party, met with Erdogan at his presidential palace in Ankara. The DEM Party was founded in 2023 and is the latest iteration of the pro-K…

Erdogan meets pro-Kurdish politicians to end 40-year conflict

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday held a first meeting with pro-Kurdish politicians who are working to bring an end to the 40-year conflict between Turkey and Kurdish operatives. Erdogan met Pervin Buldan and Sirri Sureyya Onder, parliamentary deputies for the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party, or DEM Party, at the presidential palace in Ankara. “It was a very positive meeting, it went well. We are much more hopeful,” Onder …

Turkey’s Erdogan meets pro-Kurdish politicians as they seek to end a 40-year conflict

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday held a first meeting with pro-Kurdish politicians who are working to bring an end to the 40-year conflict between Turkey and Kurdish militants. Erdogan met Pervin Buldan and Sirri Sureyya Onder, parliamentary deputies for the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party, or DEM Party, at the presidential palace in Ankara. “It was a very positive meeting, it went well. We are much more h…

Turkey's Erdogan meets pro-Kurdish politicians as they seek to end a 40-year conflict

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met for the first time with pro-Kurdish politicians who are working to bring an end to the 40-year conflict between Turkey and Kurdish militants.