{"id":24567,"date":"2026-02-25T19:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/24567\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T19:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:03:12","slug":"turkey-signals-first-legal-steps-for-pkk-peace-as-kurdish-leader-urges-trust-building-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/24567\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey signals first legal steps for PKK peace as Kurdish leader urges trust-building moves"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Turkey is discussing a temporary law to manage the next phase of a renewed peace effort with the Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party (PKK), as veteran Kurdish politician Ahmet T\u00fcrk said the process needs visible steps to build trust, Turkish Minute<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

The PKK, which Turkey and its Western allies designate as a terrorist organization, has fought the Turkish state since 1984 in a conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people. A parliamentary commission approved a roadmap last week that links legal changes to the group\u2019s laying down of arms and disbandment.<\/p>\n

Ankara is not discussing a broad amnesty. It is considering a narrow, phased legal framework tied to verification that weapons are surrendered.<\/p>\n

Turkish media reports say the first step would be a temporary, stand-alone law for the process. A later phase could include changes to how courts define membership in an armed group and who may qualify for reduced sentences or supervised reintegration.<\/p>\n

\u201cEffective remorse,\u201d which refers to Turkey\u2019s legal provisions that can reduce punishment for suspects or convicts who cooperate with authorities, leave an armed group or provide information, depending on the case, will be expanded or revised to include people not accused of violent crimes.<\/p>\n

Ahmet T\u00fcrk, a veteran Kurdish political figure and former elected mayor of Mardin who was removed from office and replaced by a state appointee, said recent statements by far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bah\u00e7eli about possible freedom for jailed PKK founder Abdullah \u00d6calan were important but not enough on their own. T\u00fcrk told BBC\u2019s Turkish service that the public now expects concrete action and warned that distrust is growing because there have been no visible steps yet.<\/p>\n

T\u00fcrk said confidence-building measures should come early and pointed to issues such as the government\u2019s practice of replacing elected Kurdish mayors with trustees and legal cases involving jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirta\u015f. He also said legal steps should move in parallel with confirmed giving up of arms, showing that Kurdish political actors are also signaling a phased approach rather than immediate, unconditional concessions.<\/p>\n

T\u00fcrk also commented on a growing debate over \u00d6calan, the imprisoned PKK founder held on \u0130mral\u0131 island since 1999. After Bah\u00e7eli raised questions about \u00d6calan\u2019s legal \u201cstatus,\u201d T\u00fcrk said he viewed the remarks as opening discussion on prison conditions and communication, not necessarily release. He argued that \u00d6calan\u2019s broader contact with outside world could help support a lasting settlement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Turkey is discussing a temporary law to manage the next phase of a renewed peace effort with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[8655,16163,5952,16164,5954,5956,16165,131,132,155],"class_list":{"0":"post-24567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stockholm","8":"tag-abdullah-ocalan","9":"tag-ahmet-turk","10":"tag-devlet-bahceli","11":"tag-effective-remorse","12":"tag-kurdistan-workers-party-pkk","13":"tag-peace-initiative","14":"tag-selahattin-demirtas","15":"tag-stockholm","16":"tag-sweden","17":"tag-turkey"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}