PKK rejects 'exile' of its members from Turkey after agreeing to disband

A spokesman for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) said its members should not be forced into exile as a result of any future peace deal with the Turkish government. Imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan on May 12 called for the group to disarm and disband after a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state that cost more than 40,000 lives.

May 20, 2025 - 20:00
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PKK rejects 'exile' of its members from Turkey after agreeing to disband
A spokesman for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) said its members should not be forced into exile as a result of any future peace deal with the Turkish government. Imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan on May 12 called for the group to disarm and disband after a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state that cost more than 40,000 lives.

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