Overview
- About 30 PKK fighters publicly destroyed rifles and other weapons at a remote site near Sulaimaniyah in northern Iraq on Friday.
- The ceremony represents the first tangible step in the group’s post-dissolution process following its formal May 12 disbandment announcement.
- Turkish government representatives and DEM Party officials oversaw the event to ensure compliance with the PKK’s declared dissolution.
- Indirect negotiations brokered by the pro-Kurdish DEM Party began in October with President Erdoğan’s support and led to a ceasefire on March 1.
- Turkish authorities will verify destroyed stockpiles and monitor the integration of former fighters into political and civil society roles.