The founder and historical leader of the Kurdistan Labor Party (PKK), the Abdullah Ocalan“Welcomed” today (13.05.2025) the dissolution of the Kurdish armed organization.
«I humbly welcome the decisions taken at the historic 12th Congress“, Abdullah Ocalan wrote in a message released after the announcement of the disarmament and dissolution of the PKK.
Referred to the PKK conference held last week at the end of which The armed organization made the historical decision to deposit weapons After more than more than four decades of guerrilla warfare against the Turkish state.
The 76 -year -old Ocalan has spent a quarter of a century in prison after led by the armed struggle of his movement against the Turkish state aimed at an independent Kurdish state. In February 2025 he made a historic call for peace.
THE match made his cycle, he said, calling for from PKK to deposit weapons and yesterday (12.05.2025) The armed organization obeyed its appeal.
“The 12th PKK Congress has decided to dismantle the organizational structure of the PKK and put an end to the armed struggle method,” the armed Kurdish organization said in a statement,
At the same time PKK expressed the belief that Kurdish political parties would fulfill their responsibility for the establishment of Kurdish democracy and to ensure the formation of a Kurdish democratic nation.
PKK’s decision is estimated to will have broad consequences both political and security level in the wider areaincluding Syria, where the Kurdish forces are active in cooperation with US forces.
The PKK, characterized by Turkey and the West as a “terrorist organization” fought for autonomy and the creation of an independent Kurdish state in Turkish territory, which had led to an armed conflict with the Turkish authorities since 1984.
In a conflict in which more than 40,000 people have lost their lives.