Members of the Kurdistan Employees’ Social gathering lay down their arms after many years of struggle with Turkiye.
It’s one of many longest-running conflicts within the Center East – and it’s about to return to an finish.
Members of the Kurdistan Employees’ Social gathering (PKK) have began laying down their arms at a ceremony in northern Iraq.
It comes two months after the group mentioned it might finish its armed battle towards Turkiye and shift to democratic politics.
Response has been combined: Some Kurds assume it may pave the best way to peace. Others argue it’s a concession with no positive aspects.
So how will this course of play out in Turkiye and within the wider area?
Presenter: Adrian Finighan
Visitors:
Galip Dalay – nonresident senior fellow on the Center East Council on World Affairs
David L Phillips – director of the Program on Peace-building and Human Rights at Columbia College
Mohammed Salih – nonresident senior fellow on the International Coverage Analysis Institute who specialises in Kurdish affairs
