PKK’s jailed leader Ocalan says armed struggle against Turkiye over
Summary
Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), announced that the group will stop its armed conflict with Turkiye and shift to focus on democratic politics. This announcement comes after Ocalan's earlier call for disarmament, and a PKK disarmament ceremony is planned in northern Iraq.Key Facts
- Abdullah Ocalan is the leader of the PKK, which is an outlawed group in Turkiye.
- Ocalan has been in prison since 1999 but still influences Kurdish people in and outside of Turkiye.
- The PKK announced it would stop armed fighting and focus on democratic methods.
- The message about this change came from a video recording of Ocalan, shown by a Kurdish news agency.
- Ocalan called this shift to politics a "historic gain" for the group.
- A committee in the Turkish parliament is expected to oversee the peace process.
- The first ceremony for PKK disarmament is scheduled to happen in northern Iraq.
- The PKK was called a "terrorist" group by Turkiye, the EU, and the US.
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