Turkish parliamentary commission to deliver next step of Ankara-PKK peace process

“The commission will submit to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey a framework that defines the steps to be taken after the organization's [PKK] self-dissolution,” said Numan Kurtulmus, Turkey’s parliament speaker and head of the commission.

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First phase of Ankara-PKK peace process completed: DEM Party

“Yesterday, we witnessed one of the most critical and significant steps,” Tuncer Bakirhan, co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), said in a press briefing. “At this point, the first phase of the process has been completed."

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Turkey's peace between media illusions and political reality

Despite optimistic language from Ankara and Turkish media regarding the peace process with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a closer look at the reality on the ground reveals a gamut of political and constitutional issues, as well as a fundamental discrepancy in the end goal of both sides.

Hassan Ahmad Mustafa

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PKK will not disarm unless legal groundwork for peace process laid: Source

A senior source from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) told The New Region that "without lifting the bans on the Kurdish language and laying the legal groundwork for the process, we will not disarm."

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PKK to take ‘historic’ step Sunday as part of Turkey peace process: Affiliated media

The fighters are set to make an announcement regarding the reported step during a press conference “soon”, according to Rojnews, a PKK-affiliated media.

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DEM Party urges Turkish parliamentary peace commission to consult Ocalan

Tuncer Bakirhan, co-chair of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), told the Turkish parliament that speaking with Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan should not be "a taboo."

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Kurdish leaders welcome ‘historic’ PKK self-disarmament

The ceremonial first disarmament ceremony of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Sulaimani was roundly welcomed by political figures in the Kurdistan Region, who heralded the historic nature of the event and expressed their hopes for the unfolding peace process.

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The disarmament of symbols in a complicated war: Reflections on the Turkey-PKK peace process

In light of the ongoing peace process between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), many doubts linger regarding Ankara's willingness to offer any concessions to its Kurdish minority, raising fears that Turkey desires the group's disarmament to moreso mirror a unilateral surrender than a mutual peace agreement.

Hassan Ahmad Mustafa

Opinion

Details of PKK disarmament process in Sulaimani emerge

An MP from Turkey's pro-Kurdish People’s Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) informed The New Region of the details of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party's (PKK) first laying down of arms ceremony that is set to be held in Sulaimani on Thursday.

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