US EditionTurkey's Kurdish regions not yet ready to believe in peace process
TURKEY, JUL 12 – The Kurdistan Workers' Party destroyed weapons in Iraq as part of peace efforts while Turkey maintains a crackdown on opposition following the March 2024 local elections.
- On Friday in northern Iraq, fighters from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party dismantled their weapons as part of ongoing peace efforts with Turkey.
- The disarmament followed decades of deadly conflict causing 50,000 civilian and 2,000 soldier deaths, while political tensions and crackdowns persist.
- Despite the weapon destruction, locals in Hakkari, a Kurdish-majority town near Iraq, remain skeptical about lasting peace due to ongoing persecution and authoritarian policies.
- President Erdogan declared on Saturday that "Turkey has won" and "eighty-six million citizens have won," while analysts warn of intensified authoritarianism and suppression of opposition.
- The situation implies that peace efforts must be matched by state actions to end persecution of Kurds and political repression for a stable future in Turkey.
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Turkiye’s Kurdish region finds it difficult to accept peace is at hand
HAKKARI, Turkiye: Southeast Turkiye, where the army has battled Kurdish militants for decades, is not yet convinced that lasting peace is at hand. In a slickly managed ceremony recently held across the border in Iraq, members of the Kurdish rebel group PKK destroyed their weapons as part of a peace process underway with the Turkish state. But on the streets and in the tea
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Turkey’s Kurdish regions not yet ready to believe in peace process
Southeast Turkey, where the army has battled Kurdish militants for decades, is not yet convinced that lasting peace is at hand. In a slickly managed ceremony across the border in Iraq Friday, members of the Kurdish rebel group PKK destroyed their weapons as part of a peace process underway with the Turkish state. But on
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Turkey's Kurdish regions not yet ready to believe in peace process
Southeast Turkey, where the army has battled Kurdish militants for decades, is not yet convinced that lasting peace is at hand.
Turkey's Kurdish regions not yet ready to believe in peace process - Turkish Minute
Southeastern Turkey, where the army has battled Kurdish militants for decades, is not yet convinced that lasting peace is at hand. In a ceremony across the border in northern Iraq on Friday, members of the Kurdish militant group, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), destroyed their weapons as part of a peace process underway with the Turkish state. But on the streets and in the teahouses of Hakkari, a Kurdish-majority town some 50 kilome…
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