{"id":122602,"date":"2025-03-01T09:43:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T09:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=122602"},"modified":"2025-03-01T09:44:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T09:44:05","slug":"pkk-declares-ceasefire-following-ocalans-call-for-disarmament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122602\/","title":{"rendered":"PKK declares ceasefire following \u00d6calan\u2019s call for disarmament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> The Kurdistan Workers&#8217; Party (PKK) announced on Saturday a ceasefire in response to a call from its imprisoned leader, Abdullah \u00d6calan, who urged the party to dissolve itself and convene a congress to formally lay down arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA ceasefire is in effect as of today,&#8221; the PKK\u2019s executive committee declared in a statement. &#8220;However, the process of disarmament can only be implemented under the direct leadership of \u00d6calan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement also emphasized that PKK forces would refrain from carrying out armed operations \u201cunless attacked.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PKK leadership expressed its willingness to hold a party congress but stressed that &#8220;appropriate conditions must be established&#8221; for the initiative to succeed. The statement insisted that \u00d6calan himself must oversee the congress to ensure a successful outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00d6calan, who has been imprisoned on \u0130mral\u0131 Island in Turkey since 1999, issued his historic call on Feb. 27, urging the PKK leadership to disarm and disband the organization after four decades of armed struggle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His statement was read in Istanbul by representatives of the Equality and Democracy of Peoples Party (DEM Party), a pro-Kurdish political group that has recently visited \u00d6calan multiple times in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00d6calan\u2019s declaration signals the beginning of a potential new peace process with Turkey. 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