"We are happy with PKK's decision, a positive move towards peace"

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Timur Tatwan, Co-chair of Democratic Kurdish community Centre (NSW) Credit: Supplied

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has conducted insurgencies against Turkiye for four decades, has disbanded and surrendered its weapons. This declaration follows a request from the group's incarcerated leader, Abdullah Öcalan, for dissolution as part of a proposed agreement by the Turkish government regarding his potential release. We ask Timur Tatwan, co-chair of the Democratic Kurdish Community Centre in Australia about the future of PKK.


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"We are happy with PKK's decision, a positive move towards peace" | SBS Kurdish