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Abandoning the armed struggle, it adapts it to the new geopolitical data, while the president claims to build a Turkey “terrorism”, as the government’s narrative wants.
The two sides, from different starting points, touches on a process of normalization and democratization, but the road will be long. The next step, on the part of Erdogan, will probably be amnesty to some of the prisoners of Kurds.
Along with the gradual disarmament, the Kurds await specific constitutional guarantees for their rights, while the government camp bets in the support of the pro -Kurdish, left -wing DEM party for Erdogan’s nomination and the 2028 presidential election.
The deposition (not delivery) of some dozens of weapons and their burning in front of the television cameras against the backdrop of Mount Kadil (PKK’s base) was just the beginning. The choice of location still had a symbolism, as it serves Erdogan’s neo-Ottoman vision at the same time and the Kurds’ argument to justify the armed struggle.
In this area of Iraqi Kurdistan, near Suleimaniya, Kurdish guerrillas had fled a British Army unit in 1919, when the United Kingdom attempted to impose its sovereignty on areas and populations that it had extracted from the Ottoman Empire.
“We clearly change the page. With disarmament the Kurdish movement leaves the weapons and goes to the “living room” » stated in “Vima” Christos TeazisAssociate Professor of Political Science at the University of Ankara.
“What happened to the PKK is a forerunner, a forerunner for a state change and the new Constitution, for which discussions will begin in October. It is also expected that regions will be created in the American model of “States” and there can be a semi -autonomous, let’s say so, Kurdish province. It will not only be this, of course, all Turkey will be so divided, but in terms of Kurdish, in this way I believe that the Kurdish as a second language will be given the opportunity to be taught in specific schools as a second language. “ said Mr. Teazis.
Disarmament occurs at that time for two reasons, he explains on his part: “The first is the regional and global developments. After the end of the Syrian Civil War and the attempt to normalize within Iraq, the area is trying to move towards some kind of stabilization. It is not only a desire for Turkey, but also of external forces, such as the US, Britain and the EU.
An armed terrorist organization, as the PKK is considered, can be an uncertain factor. Thus, under these circumstances, it must change its form, its structure, etc. The second reason is that in order to continue to have the AKP regime, some reconciliation with different groups of society must be made. And the biggest team is the Kurds ».
In the question of whether the peace process will prove to be resilient, Mr Oztkke responds that he replies that “It must last, since the PKK has already begun disarmament, which was announced in February. It seems – though we do not know the details because it is a very secret process – the state and the PKK will do everything to work. If, after all this process, the RKK armed struggle comes back, we will probably see an extremely violent situation. “.
Developments in Kurdish bring the Kemalist opposition to an even more difficult position. “There are quite difficult days for it” said the Turkish professor, noting that “The AKP government always needs ‘another’, someone who is ‘not us’, an enemy. This role has long served the PKK, but now all the weight will fall on the CHP – in an already difficult time when ».
The disarmament process does not concern the Kurdish entities in Syria and Iraq, which are currently compromised with limited autonomy, waiting for the next round of reversals in the Middle East if the slaughter in Gaza stops and the way to improve Israel’s relations with the Arab regimes is paved.
Stations in the history of Kurdish
1978 (November 27): Establishment of the PKK (Kurdistan Labor Party), in the plug, in the province of Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey, with the aim of creating an independent socialist Kurdistan.
1980 (September 12): In Turkey. The Kurdish language, as well as any event of Kurdish culture, is prohibited in Turkey. Its use, publicly or privately, causes arrests and imprisonments.
1984 (March 27): Turkey officially characterizes PKK as a terrorist organization.
1984 (August 15): Store PKK’s armed action against Turkey.
1980s and 1990s: Strengthening the power of the PKK with attacks and guerrillas in Turkey. At the same time, the PKK plays a catalytic role in the social revolution in the Kurdish regions of Turkey. Violent repression of the PKK by the Turkish army.
1997 (October 8): PKK is characterized as a terrorist organization by the United States.
1999 (February 15): Ocalan’s kidnapping to Kenya and his transfer to Turkey. Condemnation of his life imprisonment and his enclosure on the island-prison of Imrali. Kurdish enters a new period.
2002 (May 2): The PKK is characterized as a terrorist organization by the EU.
2025: On March 1, at the appeal of Ocalan, the PKK announced a truce with Turkey. On May 12, the PKK announced a plan to dismantle the organization. On July 11, the PKK disarmament begins in Suleimaniya in northern Iraq.
2015 (July 24): The collapse of the 2013 truce agreement after Turkey’s massive bombing against Kurdish camps in northern Iraq. Stop dialogue between Ankara and PKK. New cycle of violence.
2015 (June 7): The Turkish Party is elected to Turkey for the first time in the Turkish National Assembly, the HDP, by Selahattin Demirtas, which received 13%.
2013 (March 21): Imrali Agreement between PKK and Turkey for a truce and the start of the peace process.
