Visit to the Öcalan: Is peace in the Turkey PKK conflict in sight?

Visit to the Öcalan: Is peace in the Turkey PKK conflict in sight?

The Democratic Party of the People (DEM) has made a significant announcement, as reports the website of vienna.at . She announced that a delegation on Thursday will visit the PKK boss Abdullah Öcalan, which was sitting in the island on the island of İmralı. This visit, which has been the third since December, could be regarded as the beginning of a historical phase of talks to terminate the conflict that lasts over 40 years between the PKK and the Turkish government. Öcalan, who has lived in almost complete isolation since he was arrested in 1999, could possibly make a call to end the fights and to solve the conflict. These options were recently brought into play by Devlet Bahçeli, the head of the nationalist MHP and allies of President Erdoğan.

The ongoing conflict between the PKK and the Turkish Republic, which has comprised military conflicts since 1984, has already demanded more than 40,000 lives. The PKK sees itself as a representative of Kurdish autonomy, while Turkey and the EU and the United States classify the PKK as a terrorist organization. The military headquarters of the PKK is located in the Kandil mountains in northern Iraq, while the conflict also takes place in northern Syria and the southeastern part of Türkiye, where many Kurds live. The negotiations between the conflict parties have often failed, most recently in 2015, when attempting to achieve a continued peace and the violence increased again, such as Wikipedia> Wikipedia reports .

Öcalan's possible explanation is expected with great interest, especially in view of the historical dimension of the conflict. The discussion date could represent a turning point in the dialogue between the PKK and Turkey, which is urgently needed to counteract a further extensive bloodshed. These developments could also have a lasting impact on the relationship between Turkey and the Kurdish communities in the region, whereby the hope of peace and stability is in the foreground.