IFK Monitor International 81
The End of the PKK - New Developments in the Kurdish Question
Dokumenttyp:
Informationen zur SicherheitspolitikErscheinungsdatum:
März 2025Herausgeber:
Republik Österreich BMLVBeiträge in dieser Publikation:
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| The End of the PKK - New Developments in the Kurdish Question | 4 Seiten / 200 KB |
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Vorwort
On 25 February 2025, the imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan announced the disbandment of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). This call was in response to a demand – or an offer – made by Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in October 2024, according to which Bahçeli would extend his hand to the imprisoned Öcalan and the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) for a common future if the PKK unconditionally gave up its armed struggle. It is fair to assume that this was move was done with the knowledge of President Erdoğan, who immediately expressed his satisfaction and spoke of the beginning of a new era without the threat of terrorism for Turkey.