US EditionTurkish Parliamentary Committee Begins Work on PKK Peace Initiative
TURKEY, AUG 5 – Turkey's 51-member parliamentary committee will oversee PKK disarmament and legal reforms following the group's May disbandment, with over 61% public support for the peace initiative.
- A parliamentary committee held its first meeting on a peace initiative with the Kurdish militant group PKK, marking progress toward ending an insurgency that has lasted decades.
- The 51-member committee includes legislators from most major parties and aims to propose legal and political reforms to support the peace process after the PKK's decision to disband and renounce armed conflict.
- Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus described the committee's launch as a 'historic turning point,' representing a new era in the nation's future and the 'will of the nation.'
- The PKK announced in May that it would disband and renounce armed conflict, concluding four decades of violence.
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Turkish Parliamentary Committee Begins Work on PKK Peace Initiative
A newly formed parliamentary committee tasked with overseeing a peace initiative with a Kurdish militant group held its inaugural meeting on Tuesday, marking a further significant step toward ending a decades-long insurgency. The 51-member committee, comprised of legislators from most major parties, has been charged with proposing and supervising legal and political reforms aimed at advancing the peace process, following the Kurdistan Workers’ P…
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