Abdullah Oaklan, the founder and leader of the Kurdistan Labor Party (PKK) The group’s call to solve itself And put its arms in its fight against the Turkish state.

The group, which has identified a “terrorist” group by Turkiye, the United States and the European Union, fought an armed rebellion against Turki since 1984, where more than 40,000 people have been killed.

The peace process collapsed a decade ago, and the group carried out attacks in Turki since then, while the Turkish army has performed operations in the southeast of the country and across the border in Syria and Iraq.

But the chances of rapprochement have increased in the past few months, after Devlet Bahceli, the leader of the National Movement (MHP) and the ally of Turkish President Reibs, Tayyip Ardogan, publicly He called Ocalan to end the Kurdistan Workers’ Party rebellion in exchange for its release.

What did Oaklan say?

The group’s leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party called on the group to do two things that effectively end the struggle that lasted for decades with Turki: put its arms and dissolve itself.

In a statement read on his behalf by politicians from the pro -men’s Dem party, Ocalan said that the PKK was formed in response to a Turkish state that restricts Kurdish rights, but these freedoms have increased since then, and that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party “has reached the end of its life, which makes it necessary.”

Uklan’s statement continued: “The Kurdistan Workers Party was born in the twentieth century, in the most violent era of the history of humanity, amid two global wars, under the experience of real socialism and the cold war around the world,” amid the two world wars, under the experience of real socialism and the cold war around the world.

Ocalan’s statement itself is not an official solution to the Kurdistan Workers Party – in its comments, referring to the “Congress” which must be made. However, Ocalan is the most influential voice within the PKK, and the group follows a political theory formulated by the imprisoned leader.

A video of Oaklan’s statement was broadcast on large screens throughout Southeast Turki, the traditional heart of the Kurdish people in the country, in a sign of the importance of their words.

What was the response from Turki?

The Turkish response was positive so far, as it came out from the back of a continuous effort to persuade Ocalan to enter peace calls.

“If the terrorist organization evaluates this call, it puts its weapons and resolved, then it will liberate a Turkish from its shackles.”.

But Alaa added that Turkiye expected that the Kurdistan Workers Party would comply with the invitation of Uklan, and the sources informed the newspaper “Daily” that the Kurdistan Workers Party “will carry the consequences” if he did not “respond to the invitation of Oaklan.”

What is the PKK and who is Oaklan?

Ocalan, who is in the seventies of his life, is the founding leader and ideological head of the PKK. He was arrested by the Turkish Special Forces in 1999 and A prison on an island near IstanbulSpending a life sentence in solitary confinement.

Oaklan was watched by many Kurdish fighters and activists as insight. OCALAN formed the development of the Kurdistan Workers Party from a Marxist rebel group to a broader movement that defends the Confederation of Democratic-a theory of formulated by democracy based on society outside the nation-state.

The PKK was established in the seventies of the last century with a Marxist and Kurdish ideology, patriotism, and began an armed conflict against the Turkish state in 1984.

Oakkan and PKK remain influential within the region, as Oaklan’s writings continue to form Kurdish political thought.

Galip Dali from Chatham House said this last initiative, if it succeeds, could be one of the “most transformational events that occurred in the Middle East.”

Does this mean ending the conflict between the PKK and Turkish?

Ocalan’s words carry a heavy weight between the PKK and its supporters, and ignoring it will bear risks to the leadership of the PKK military and make them responsible for any escalation in the conflict.

But while Uklan is still a esteemed person, the leadership of the PKK is not homogeneous. With its decades -imprisonment leader, competing factions and competing groups, such as the Kurdistan Union (KCK), which may not easily accept his call for disarmament.

However, the nature of statements from the Turkish government during the past few months shows that there is a boost to end the conflict that has claimed thousands of lives.

The Kurdistan Workers Party and its affiliated companies carried out several attacks in Turki, some of which were killed by civilians. Recently, in October, an attack demanded by the PKK Five people killed At the headquarters of Turkish Aviation Industries (TUSAS) near Ankara.

The military forces in Turkiye carried out operations against the PKK and their subsidiaries in southeast Turki, Syria and Iraq, and some of their actions were criticized by human rights organizations.

Will this have any effect on the wider region?

The PKK contains subsidiaries and allied groups in areas that include Kurdish residents across Syria, Iraq and Iran.

In Syria, the YPG units (YPG), which Turkey says that the local wing of the Kurdistan Workers Party, is the largest part of the US -backed Syrian democratic forces (SDF). SDF controls in northeastern Syria, and has been conducted by Turkiye Many military operations Against the group in an attempt to push it away from the Turkish -Syrian border.

The PKK contains bases in northern Iraq, in areas run by the semi -self -regional Kurdistan government. Turkiye bombed these sites over and over, and has its own bases in northern Iraq, causing tensions with the Iraqi government.

Consequently, the limit of conflict is likely to lead to better regional relations – although the first group’s comments since the Uklan statement, SDF Mazloum ABDI said it does not apply to Syria, even when he welcomed the invitation of the leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party.