Turkish parliament committee holds first meeting on Kurdish issue
DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – The first meeting of the special committee established by the Turkish Parliament to address the Kurdish issue convened on Tuesday to discuss legal reforms and new legislative measures in response to the disarmament declaration issued by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Feb. 27.
According to Turkish and Kurdish media outlets, the inaugural meeting of the committee was held today in Ankara.
Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş emphasized the broad political backing behind the committee, stating that the committee represents 98 percent of the political will.
He described the session as a call to strengthen unity and fraternity, underscoring that transparency will be ensured throughout this process, adding that the committee’s main responsibility is to safeguard peace.
The 51-member committee was officially formed on July 31 and includes representatives from all parliamentary groups.
The launch of the committee follows a landmark call by imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in late February, in which he urged the PKK to lay down arms and dissolve the organization.
Öcalan’s appeal, read publicly by a pro-Kurdish party in Turkey, received widespread regional and international praise as a potential turning point in the decades-long conflict.