Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff
“In a decisive shift toward peaceful change, Turkey’s long-outlawed major separatist group is disbanding. The announcement Monday by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) brings a welcome end to four decades of armed conflict and the loss of nearly 40,000 lives. Turkey is not the only country feeling the repercussions of this decision. Some 25 million to 35 million ethnic Kurds live in mountainous areas that share porous borders between Iraq, Syria, and Iran, as well as Turkey. Turkish forces have pursued Kurdish separatists in cross-border raids in Iraq and Syria over the years. … Aiming to establish a Kurdish homeland, the PKK took up arms in 1984, attacking civilian and military targets. In recent years, the Turkish military has forcefully limited the PKK’s reach and abilities.” (05/12/25)
https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/0512/A-win-for-peaceful-accord-in-Turkey