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Turkish-Kurdish Ceasefire Announced After 40 Years of Conflict

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The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has declared an immediate ceasefire in response to a call by its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan to lay down arms. This move, if accepted by Turkey, could potentially end a decades-long conflict that has resulted in the deaths of at least 40,000 people. The PKK's Executive Committee has commended Ocalan's call, describing it as a manifesto that illuminates the path of all forces of freedom and democracy.

  1. SY
    Sırrı Süreyya Önder
    Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party
    1. There will be a series of meetings next week, including state officials and politicians, and many things will become clearer and more concrete. We hope that everything will be arranged in the next three months.
  2. TR
    Kurdish Workers' Party
    1. We agree with the content of Leader Ocalan's call as it is, and we state that we will comply with and implement the requirements of the call from our own side. We declare a ceasefire effective as of today.
    2. We are declaring a ceasefire to be effective from today on. None of our forces will take armed action unless attacked.
  3. TR
    Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
    Justice and Development Party
    1. When the pressure of terrorism and arms is eliminated, the space for politics in democracy will naturally expand.
    2. There is an opportunity to take a historic step toward tearing down the wall of terror that has stood between [the Turkish and Kurdish people's] 1,000-year-old brotherhood.

Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)

  1. Kurdish militant group PKK to disband and end decades of conflict with Turkiye
  2. Jailed PKK leader calls for Kurdish militant group to disarm and end decades-long conflict with Turkiye
  3. Turkiye threatens military action against Kurdish forces in Syria

sources

  1. 1.Al Jazeera
  2. 2.France 24
  3. 3.CNN
  4. 4.South China Morning Post
  5. 5.The Guardian
  6. 6.Le Monde
  7. 7.Agence France-Presse
  8. 8.Firat News Agency

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.FranceFR
  2. 2.IraqIQ
  3. 3.Iran, Islamic Republic ofIR
  4. 4.KenyaKE
  5. 5.Syrian Arab RepublicSY
  6. 6.TurkeyTR
  7. 7.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.Kurdish Workers' PartyTR
  2. 2.European Union
  3. 3.Central Intelligence AgencyUS
  4. 4.Islamic State
  5. 5.Kurdistan Communities Union
  6. 6.Minority Rights Group International
  7. 7.Syrian Democratic ForcesSY
  8. 8.UN International Crisis Group
  9. 9.Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party

persons

  1. 1.Abdullah OcalanSY
  2. 2.Recep Tayyip ErdoğanTR
  3. 3.Devlet Bahceli
  4. 4.Ali YerlikayaTR
  5. 5.Bashar Al-AssadSY
  6. 6.Cevdet YilmazTR
  7. 7.Mazloum AbdiSY
  8. 8.Sırrı Süreyya ÖnderSY

technicals

  1. 1.Kurdistan Region
  2. 2.Imrali Island