US EditionKurds see ball in Ankara's court after PKK says disbanding
- The Kurdistan Workers' Party announced its decision to disarm and disband on May 12, 2025, during a leadership congress in northern Iraq.
- This decision follows a call in February 2025 by imprisoned PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan to end armed conflict, amid decades of violent struggle since 1984.
- The PKK's disarmament will be supervised at designated northern Iraq locations, but the group awaits tangible steps from Turkey, including political reforms and prisoner releases.
- Turkish President Erdogan praised the development as a move toward 'peace and brotherhood,' while stressing that the declaration should extend to every group linked to the PKK, such as Kurdish forces operating in Syria.
- The announcement may end a conflict that cost over 40,000 lives and spillover into Iraq and Syria, but success depends on Ankara's response and securing Kurdish rights through negotiation.
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Turkey eyes legal steps after Kurdish militant group PKK disbands
After the decision by the Kurdish militant group PKK to disband, Turkey was eyeing Wednesday a raft of legal and technical measures to ensure its full implementation and finally end a four-decade insurgency.
Barrena: EU must take responsibility for peace process
Fernando Barrena, an MEP from the Basque coalition EH Bildu and the Left Group in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL), shared a video message on X (formerly Twitter) using the hashtags #FreeÖcalan and #BijiKurdistan. Referring to the decisions of the 12th Congress of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), he issued the following call to the European Union (EU) and Turkey: "The step taken by the PKK is a bold and significant move towards ensuring peac…
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