[🇹🇷] Turkey-PKK Deal May Benefit Erdogan at Home and Abroad

[Dogun18]

Date of Event: Feb 28, 2025

Source : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/world/middleeast/turkey-pkk-peace-deal-ocalan-erdogan.html

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By seeking a peace deal with Kurdish militants, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey is attempting something momentous that not only aims to end 40 years of violent insurgency inside Turkey but envisions ambitious change across the region.

The call on Thursday by Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., for his militants to lay down their arms followed months of negotiations and was a well thought out answer to the challenges Mr. Erdogan faces, said Asli Aydintasbas, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C.

At home it could earn Mr. Erdogan the Kurdish support he needs for constitutional changes to give the Turkish leader — who has steadily expanded his power over more than 20 years — another run at the presidency.

Farther afield, ending the conflict with Kurdish groups that are ranged across parts of Iraq, Syria and Turkey would release Turkey and its military of a huge burden. If Kurds in neighboring Syria follow suit, it has the potential to calm a longstanding regional conflict and help stabilize an allied, fledgling government in Damascus.

 

[Saif]

PKK declares ceasefire in 40-year conflict with Turkiye

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has declared a ceasefire with Türkiye, heeding a call from its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan to disarm, local media reported on Saturday. In its statement, the PKK announced that it would follow the call of its jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, for disarmament

thefinancialexpress.com.bd

PKK declares ceasefire in 40-year conflict with Turkiye
FE ONLINE DESK
Published :
Mar 01, 2025 14:14
Updated :
Mar 01, 2025 14:14

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has declared a ceasefire with Türkiye, heeding a call from its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan to disarm, local media reported on Saturday.

In its statement, the PKK announced that it would follow the call of its jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, for disarmament and dissolution, , reports Xinhua citing NTV.​

 

[LegionnairE]

This is a national embarrassment and a massive strategic blunder and high treason committed by 3 of the 4 largest political parties. It's effects will be disastrous everywhere hence all of Turkey's enemies are singing it praises.

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