In Cizre, a group of Kurdish mothers dance together to celebrate Norouz, March 21, 2025. Many of them have relatives who have joined the PKK. (Credit: Laurent Perpigna Iban)
“Very positive, constructive, fruitful and hopeful.” This is how the pro-Kurdish DEM party described, in a press release, the discussions held during a meeting on April 10 between its representatives and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the first since 2012. Reminiscent of the early stages of the previous attempt at a peace process, the meeting took on a strong symbolic character, a month and a half after Abdullah Öcalan, imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK, classified as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union), called for the disarmament and dissolution of his group. Read more One-day boycott shakes Turkey as opposition protests Imamoglu arrest 'Deep down, I don't believe it'However, the enthusiasm of the pro-Kurdish party contrasts with the feelings of...
“Very positive, constructive, fruitful and hopeful.” This is how the pro-Kurdish DEM party described, in a press release, the discussions held during a meeting on April 10 between its representatives and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the first since 2012. Reminiscent of the early stages of the previous attempt at a peace process, the meeting took on a strong symbolic character, a month and a half after Abdullah Öcalan, imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK, classified as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union), called for the disarmament and dissolution of his group. Read more One-day boycott shakes Turkey as opposition protests Imamoglu arrest 'Deep down, I don't believe it'However, the enthusiasm of the pro-Kurdish party contrasts with the...
