Kurdish PKK Decides to Dissolve Itself, Embracing Democratic Politics, So What Next

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), designated a terrorist group by Turkey, has decided to dissolve itself and transition to democratic politics. Following a congress, the PKK urged Turkey to provide legal and political guarantees to its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish Rudaw television reported. The extraordinary congress of the PKK concluded that the group had “carried the Kurdish issue to a stage where it can be solved by democratic and political means and that the PKK has fulfilled its historical mission.” The decision to disband the PKK and end armed fighting lays a solid basis for lasting peace, the…