According to the IMNA news agency, a media outlet affiliated with the PKK announced: The group has decided to disband and end its armed struggle with Turkey.
The report states that relations between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party and Turkey need to be “rebuilt”. The official Iraqi news agency (WAI) also published a report confirming the disbandment of the PKK.
Kurdish sources reported on Friday, citing sources within the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, that the PKK recently held a meeting in the areas under its control in northern Iraq, and important decisions were made at the meeting, focusing on the issue of disarmament and automatic disbandment.
The issue of disarmament and disbandment of the PKK The PKK came into being after its imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan in Turkey called for the disarmament of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party on February 27, 2025.
The Turkish website Serbsit also recently revealed that Abdullah Ocalan had participated in a recent PKK meeting by phone.
The PKK was founded in 1978 by Abdullah Ocalan in southeastern Turkey based on Marxist-Leninist ideas.
The group began its armed attacks on Turkey in 1984 with the aim of establishing an independent state for the Kurds. The PKK and Turkey have been in conflict with each other on the Iraqi border for years. Many countries in the world consider the group a terrorist organization.
