05/12/2025

Kurdish PKK Militants Announce Decision to Dissolve

It comes after decades of conflict with Turkey

On Monday, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said it would dissolve itself, in what would be a historic move after decades of conflict with Turkey that have killed tens of thousands of people.

The militant group said in a statement Monday that “all activities” conducted under the group’s name have come to an end.

The Kurdish issue has come “to a point where it can be resolved through democratic politics,” the PKK said in a statement. The 12^th Congress, a high-level decision-making meeting by the group, has “resolved to dissolve the PKK’s organizational structure and end the armed struggle,” the statement said, adding that the implementation of the process will be managed and led by their imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan.

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