ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – Turkey's parliament speaker Numan Kurtulmus and a delegation from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) are set to meet within the next 24 hours, Kurdish media reported Monday, with a long-awaited legal framework for the peace process with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) expected to dominate the talks.

The developments come after nearly six months of limited progress regarding enacting the legal framework for the peace process that was initially signed in parliament earlier in the year, despite the Kurdish militant group having agreed to dissolve itself and evacuated multiple of its military bases over that timeframe.

A DEM Party delegation traveled to Imrali Island on Monday to meet jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, whose historic peace call in February 2025 kickstarted the process, ahead of its meeting with Kurtulmus, Hawar News Agency (ANHA) reported.

On Wednesday, the DEM Party's Imrali delegation met with a delegation from Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and ultranationalist lawmaker Devlet Bahceli, who initiated the latest peace process, to discuss efforts to advance the initiative.

During the meetings, the DEM Party stressed the urgent need to enact a legal framework for the process “as soon as possible.”

The pro-Kurdish party has repeatedly urged the parliamentary commission tasked with drafting the legal framework to release the draft legislation approved by parliament in February, citing the need for swift action before the legislature's summer recess.

In February, the Turkish parliament approved a report drafted by the committee tasked with overseeing the implementation of the process. The report called for not labeling non-violent actions and freedom of expression as “terrorism”, and for the reintegration of PKK members who gave up their weapons back into society.

AK Party Deputy Chairperson Leyla Sahin Usta, regarding the peace process framework, on Monday said, "I believe that a good legislative proposal will be presented soon with common sense," according to the state-owned Anadolu Agency.

“Work is underway on a legal regulation,” she said.

On July 13, senior DEM Party lawmaker Gulistan Kilic, during a parliament session, reaffirmed the “urgent need” for a comprehensive legal framework for the peace process, referencing the fact that over a year has elapsed since the first symbolic PKK disarmament ceremony in Sulaimani.

“However, despite the passage of a year, we see that politics has not given a realistic response to this historical turning point,” Kilic said, criticizing “a lack of genuine legal frameworks and political responses.”

“The most urgent need today is the enactment of a comprehensive framework law that safeguards all parties involved in the process and establishes social peace on a legal basis,” she said while stressing that “we need to take steps to quickly enact them into law.”

The Turkish parliament extended its legislative session beyond its scheduled July 1 summer recess, with the new legislative year set to begin on October 1.