Disarmament of the PKK: a symbolic ceremony in the north of Iraq, Ankara salutes an “irreversible turning point”

For researcher Bayram Balci. For example, specialist in contemporary Turkey at Ceri-Sciences Po, “Today’s ceremony is a real test. Moreover, The PKK and the Turkish state have been looking for a peaceful regulation for 40 years. Meanwhile, The PKK. Consequently, the Kurdistan workers’ party, renounces the armed struggle to try to improve the fate of the Kurds via the political path. Nevertheless, But it will also need Turkey concessions. It is not acquired. ”

The tumultuous story of the PKK explains this prudence. Founded in 1978 in a Marxist-Leninist movement by Abdullah Öcalan. a group of Ankara students, the party took up arms in 1984 against the Turkish state. The hidden war that followed it made at least 40,000 people dead. Triers were attempted. especially between 2013 and 2015, but the resumption of hostilities in 2015, in the context of the war disarmament pkk: symbolic ceremony north in Syria and the rise of Daesh, quickly shattered the hopes of peace.

“The peace process is fragile, “insists Balci.” The PKK was no longer in a position of strength. Its regional supports like Bashar al-Assad in Syria. where Iran weaken, the Americans have turned the page because the Islange State terrorist organization no longer has the same importance, and even internally, the pro-Kurdish party Dem has imposed itself as a major political force. ”