{"id":131775,"date":"2025-05-12T06:44:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T06:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/in-turkiye-the-pkk-in-armed-fight-against-turkish-power-for-years-announces-its-dissolution\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T06:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T06:44:09","slug":"in-turkiye-the-pkk-in-armed-fight-against-turkish-power-for-years-announces-its-dissolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/in-turkiye-the-pkk-in-armed-fight-against-turkish-power-for-years-announces-its-dissolution\/","title":{"rendered":"In T\u00fcrkiye, the PKK, in armed fight against Turkish power for years, announces its dissolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article__media\"> <picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\" https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/02\/27\/0\/0\/6000\/4000\/556\/0\/75\/0\/e343da8_ftp-import-images-1-zikgtfkkiqjq-184da6ccd7994358b5b125687f08d996-0-1409c49695d346f6ae941f0d652239b7.jpg 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/02\/27\/0\/0\/6000\/4000\/600\/0\/75\/0\/e343da8_ftp-import-images-1-zikgtfkkiqjq-184da6ccd7994358b5b125687f08d996-0-1409c49695d346f6ae941f0d652239b7.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/02\/27\/0\/0\/6000\/4000\/664\/0\/75\/0\/e343da8_ftp-import-images-1-zikgtfkkiqjq-184da6ccd7994358b5b125687f08d996-0-1409c49695d346f6ae941f0d652239b7.jpg 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/02\/27\/0\/0\/6000\/4000\/700\/0\/75\/0\/e343da8_ftp-import-images-1-zikgtfkkiqjq-184da6ccd7994358b5b125687f08d996-0-1409c49695d346f6ae941f0d652239b7.jpg 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/02\/27\/0\/0\/6000\/4000\/800\/0\/75\/0\/e343da8_ftp-import-images-1-zikgtfkkiqjq-184da6ccd7994358b5b125687f08d996-0-1409c49695d346f6ae941f0d652239b7.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" alt=\"Des partisans du PKK \u00e9coutent le discours de leur leader, Abdullah \u00d6calan, lors duquel il a appel\u00e9 son mouvement \u00e0 d\u00e9poser les armes et \u00e0 se dissoudre, \u00e0 Kamechliy\u00e9, en Syrie, le\u00a027\u00a0f\u00e9vrier 2025.\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"><\/source><\/picture> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/02\/27\/0\/0\/6000\/4000\/664\/0\/75\/0\/e343da8_ftp-import-images-1-zikgtfkkiqjq-184da6ccd7994358b5b125687f08d996-0-1409c49695d346f6ae941f0d652239b7.jpg\" alt=\"PKK supporters listen to the speech of their leader, Abdullah \u00d6calan, during which he called for his movement to lay down their arms and dissolve in Kamechliy\u00e9, Syria, February 27, 2025.\"\/> <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">PKK supporters listen to the speech of their leader, Abdullah \u00d6calan, during which he called for his movement to lay down their arms and dissolve in Kamechliy\u00e9, Syria, February 27, 2025.  <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Baderkhan Ahmad \/ AP<\/span>  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">The Kurdistan workers&#8217; party (PKK) said its dissolution on Monday, May 12, and decided to end decades of fratricidal fighting that killed nearly 40,000 people in Turkey, according to an online statement by <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/anfturkce.net\/kurdIstan\/pkk-212559\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Nouvelle fen\u00eatre\">The Prokurde Anf agency<\/a>close to the armed party. <em>&#8220;The PKK struggle has dropped the policy of denial and annihilation of our people, brought the Kurdish question to a point where it can be resolved through democratic policies, and, in this regard, has closed the historic mission of the PKK&#8221;,<\/em> Can we read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">This decision comes at the end of a congress held from May 5 to 7 in <em>&#8220;Media defense areas&#8221;<\/em>term used by the movement to designate the mountains of Qandil, in northern Iraq, where the military command of the PKK and its fighters are located. This one took place at the call <em>&#8220;&#8221;<\/em> <em>of leader Abdullah \u00d6calan <\/em>&#8220;, According to the ANF.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">On February 27, the historic PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan, &#8220;apo&#8221; (&#8220;uncle&#8221;, in Kurd) for his supporters, called his movement to lay down their arms and dissolve.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also the portrait |<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">  <span class=\"icon__premium\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span>    Abdullah \u00d6calan, founder of the PKK who has become icon of Kurdish identity <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3410806\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/international\/article\/2025\/02\/28\/abdullah-ocalan-fondateur-du-pkk-devenu-icone-de-l-identite-kurde_6568633_3210.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">This 76-year-old leader&#8217;s call, imprisoned for twenty-six years on Imrali island in Istanbul, followed a mediation launched in the fall by an ally of the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the nationalist Devlet Bahceli, by the Prokurde DEM party canal. The PKK had responded favorably on 1<sup>er<\/sup> Mars, announcing an immediate ceasefire with Turkish forces.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\"> <picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\" https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/12\/0\/0\/3500\/2333\/556\/0\/75\/0\/f549f71_sirius-fs-upload-1-kn9trt1nrwqm-1747030714329-736305.jpg 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/12\/0\/0\/3500\/2333\/600\/0\/75\/0\/f549f71_sirius-fs-upload-1-kn9trt1nrwqm-1747030714329-736305.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/12\/0\/0\/3500\/2333\/664\/0\/75\/0\/f549f71_sirius-fs-upload-1-kn9trt1nrwqm-1747030714329-736305.jpg 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/12\/0\/0\/3500\/2333\/700\/0\/75\/0\/f549f71_sirius-fs-upload-1-kn9trt1nrwqm-1747030714329-736305.jpg 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/12\/0\/0\/3500\/2333\/800\/0\/75\/0\/f549f71_sirius-fs-upload-1-kn9trt1nrwqm-1747030714329-736305.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" alt=\"Un manifestant tient une photo du chef militant kurde emprisonn\u00e9 Abdullah \u00d6calan, lors d\u2019un rassemblement \u00e0 Diyarbakir, en Turquie, le 27\u00a0f\u00e9vrier 2025.\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/12\/0\/0\/3500\/2333\/664\/0\/75\/0\/f549f71_sirius-fs-upload-1-kn9trt1nrwqm-1747030714329-736305.jpg\" alt=\"A demonstrator holds a photo of the Kurdish militant chief imprisoned Abdullah \u00d6calan, during a rally in Diyarbakir, T\u00fcrkiye, on February 27, 2025.\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"\/> <\/source><\/picture> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/12\/0\/0\/3500\/2333\/664\/0\/75\/0\/f549f71_sirius-fs-upload-1-kn9trt1nrwqm-1747030714329-736305.jpg\" alt=\"A demonstrator holds a photo of the Kurdish militant chief imprisoned Abdullah \u00d6calan, during a rally in Diyarbakir, T\u00fcrkiye, on February 27, 2025.\"\/> <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">A demonstrator holds a photo of the Kurdish militant chief imprisoned Abdullah \u00d6calan, during a rally in Diyarbakir, T\u00fcrkiye, on February 27, 2025.  <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Sertac Kayar\/Reuters<\/span>  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">Iraq demanded in March a total withdrawal from its Turkish army territory and PKK fighters in the event of a peace agreement. For their part, the Kurdish fighters in the Syrian Democratic Forces (FDS), in northeast of Syria, had said <em>&#8220;Not concerned&#8221;<\/em> by the call of the PKK to disarm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \"><em>More information to come.<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"author\">\n<p class=\"author__detail\">  <span class=\"author__name\">The world<\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article__reactions\">                      Reuse this content   <\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\">Tm-En-1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PKK supporters listen to the speech of their leader, Abdullah \u00d6calan, during which he called for his movement to lay down their arms and dissolve in Kamechliy\u00e9, Syria, February 27, 2025. Baderkhan Ahmad \/ AP The Kurdistan workers&#8217; party (PKK) said its dissolution on Monday, May 12, and decided to end decades of fratricidal fighting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":131776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2246,381,11511,185,18017,615,4211,24228,45],"class_list":["post-131775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-announces","tag-armed","tag-dissolution","tag-fight","tag-pkk","tag-power","tag-turkish","tag-turkiye","tag-years"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}