US EditionTurkey MPs back moves to 'reintegrate' former Kurdish fighters
A cross-party commission endorsed reintegration of former Kurdish fighters without amnesty, urging legal reforms and adherence to European Court of Human Rights rulings.
- On Wednesday, the cross-party parliamentary commission recommended reintegrating Kurdish fighters into society while explicitly ruling out an amnesty as groundwork for peace with the Kurdistan Workers' Party .
- After the PKK's renunciation last year, the commission first met on August 5 and was chaired by parliamentary speaker Numan Kurtulmus.
- The commission's 50 lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the report, with only two votes against and one abstention, recommending reviewing prisoners' sentences and saying `non-violent acts should not be classified as terrorism` to protect freedom of expression.
- It will now be put to the Turkish parliament for approval, with lawmakers likely to deliberate after Ramadan, which begins Thursday.
- The report stressed `the importance of full compliance with decisions of the European Court of Human Rights` and made no mention of jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan, who was briefed on a draft on Monday while held on Imrali island.
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Turkey MPs back moves to 'reintegrate' former Kurdish fighters
Kurdish fighters who have laid down their arms should be reintegrated into society, Turkish lawmakers urged in a key report released Wednesday, while ruling out an "amnesty".
Turkish MPs back steps to reintegrate former PKK militants - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Kurdish militants who have laid down their arms should be reintegrated into society, Turkish lawmakers said in a key report released Wednesday, while avoiding any reference to an “amnesty,” Agence France-Presse reported. The recommendations of the cross-party parliamentary commission are meant to prepare the legal groundwork for peace moves between Turkey and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Last year the PKK formally renounced its a…
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