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Jailed PKK leader calls for Kurdish militant group to disarm and end decades-long conflict with Turkiye

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Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), has called for the group to lay down its arms and dissolve itself. This statement comes after decades of conflict between the PKK and Turkey, which has resulted in an estimated 40,000 deaths. Ocalan, who has been imprisoned since 1999, made the call in a declaration read out in Istanbul, stating that "all groups must lay down their arms and the PKK must dissolve itself". This call is seen as a significant development in the conflict, which has been ongoing for almost five decades.

  1. PT
    António Guterres
    United Nations
    1. This represents a glimmer of hope which would lead to a resolution of a long standing conflict.
  2. SY
    Siyamend Ali
    1. The message will for sure have significant effects, especially on the crises that are unresolved in the region.
  3. SY
    Abdullah Ocalan
    Kurdish Workers' Party
    1. Today, the main task is to restructure the historical relationship, which has become extremely fragile.
    2. Convene your congress and make a decision. All groups must lay their arms and the PKK must dissolve itself.
    3. There is no alternative to democracy in the pursuit and realization of a political system. Democratic consensus is the fundamental way.
    4. I am making a call for the laying down of arms, and I take on the historical responsibility for this call.
  4. SY
    Sırrı Süreyya Önder
    Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party
    1. We are here with a compass to find a possible route out of these dark chaotic days.
    2. This is the breaking point of history and it is a positive one.
  5. TR
    Efkan Ala
    Justice and Development Party
    1. If the terrorist organisation evaluates this call, lays down its weapons, disbands, it will free Turkiye from its shackles.
  6. TR
    Berkay Mandiraci
    Crisis Group
    1. We hope that this message will be a guide for resolving the existing crises, especially in Syria where we have entered a new phase. It is our hope that conflicts will stop, democracy will rule, the ongoing problems will be resolved through dialogue, and the people in the region will be equally enjoying their rights.
    2. The PKK was born in the 20th century, in the most violent epoch of the history of humanity, amidst the two world wars, under the shadow of the experience of real socialism and the cold war around the world.

Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)

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sources

  1. 1.France 24
  2. 2.The Washington Post
  3. 3.CNN
  4. 4.The Times
  5. 5.Al Jazeera
  6. 6.The New York Times
  7. 7.The Guardian
  8. 8.Le Monde
  9. 9.DW News
  10. 10.Agence France-Presse
  11. 11.Daily Sabah
  12. 12.Times

perspectives

  1. 1.Ethnic tensions
  2. 2.Turkish Foreign Policy
  3. 3.Kurdish nationalism
  4. 4.Syrian War Aftermath
  5. 5.Independence Movements
  6. 6.Iraq War Aftermath
  7. 7.Syria under Bashar al-Assad
  8. 8.Turkey under Erdoğan
  9. 9.Terrorism
  10. 10.Turkish politics

countries

  1. 1.ArmeniaAM
  2. 2.SwitzerlandCH
  3. 3.GermanyDE
  4. 4.FranceFR
  5. 5.United KingdomGB
  6. 6.IsraelIL
  7. 7.IraqIQ
  8. 8.Iran, Islamic Republic ofIR
  9. 9.ItalyIT
  10. 10.KenyaKE
  11. 11.NetherlandsNL
  12. 12.NorwayNO

organizations

  1. 1.Kurdish Workers' PartyTR
  2. 2.Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party
  3. 3.Justice and Development Party
  4. 4.Syrian Democratic ForcesSY
  5. 5.European Union
  6. 6.People's Democratic Party
  7. 7.UN International Crisis Group
  8. 8.Chatham HouseGB
  9. 9.Nationalist Movement Party
  10. 10.Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  11. 11.European Kurdish associations
  12. 12.ISIS-K

persons

  1. 1.Abdullah OcalanSY
  2. 2.Devlet Bahceli
  3. 3.Recep Tayyip ErdoğanTR
  4. 4.Bashar Al-AssadSY
  5. 5.Efkan AlaTR
  6. 6.Berkay MandiraciTR
  7. 7.Galip Dalay
  8. 8.Ahmed al-SharaaSY
  9. 9.Alper Coskun
  10. 10.António GuterresPT
  11. 11.Ben Hubbard
  12. 12.Gönül TölUS

technicals

  1. 1.Kurdistan Region
  2. 2.Marxism
  3. 3.Ottoman Empire
  4. 4.Arab Spring
  5. 5.Bekaa Valley
  6. 6.Call for Peace and Democratic Society
  7. 7.Cold War
  8. 8.Imrali Island
  9. 9.World War I
Jailed PKK leader calls for Kurdish militant group to disarm and end decades-long conflict with Turkiye