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Turkish lawmakers panel backs peace reforms, but ties legal steps to Kurdish militant disarmament
The commission's 50 lawmakers overwhelmingly approved reforms linking PKK reintegration to verified disarmament after the group ended armed struggle that claimed 50,000 lives.
- A Turkish parliamentary commission recommended reforms to support a new peace initiative with the PKK, conditional on verification that the group has disarmed.
- The proposals include a temporary legal framework to reintegrate PKK members who renounce violence.
- Additional measures call for expanded freedom of expression, the release of elderly or ill prisoners, limiting anti-terror prosecutions for non-violent acts, and ending the appointment of government trustees to replace elected pro-Kurdish mayors.
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Turkish lawmakers panel backs peace reforms, but ties legal steps to Kurdish militant disarmament
A Turkish parliamentary commission has recommended reforms to support a renewed peace process with the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party, but ties any legal step to verified disarmament by the group.
Al-Monitor
Turkey MPs back moves to 'reintegrate' former PKK fighters
Kurdish fighters who have laid down their arms should be reintegrated into society, Turkish lawmakers urged in a key report released Wednesday, while avoiding any reference to an "amnesty". The recommendations of the cross-party parliamentary commission are meant to prepare the legal groundwork for peace moves between Turkey and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Last year the PKK formally renounced its armed struggle against Turkey af…
A Turkish parliamentary committee is likely to vote on Wednesday on a draft report aimed at creating conditions for the disarmament of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a move that could bolster the peace process to end a conflict that has lasted more than four decades.
Amnesty not mentioned: Turkey MPs back moves to 'reintegrate' former PKK fighters
The National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy Commission, which is carrying out the legislative legislative aspect of the "Terror-Free Turkey" process in the Turkish Grand National Assembly, has completed its joint report. The report proposes a "purpose-specific, independent and temporary" legal regulation for the reintegration of PKK members who have laid down their arms into society. It emphasizes that these regulations should not create …
Draft Parliamentary Blueprint Links PKK Disarmament to Sweeping Legal and Municipal Reforms
ANKARA — Turkey’s parliament is set to vote on a draft report that lays out an ambitious package of legal and governance reforms tied to the disarmament and dissolution of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), including a narrower approach to terrorism-related prosecutions, a restructuring of the state’s power to replace elected mayors, and a pathway for former militants to re-enter civilian life under judicial oversight. The document was prepared…
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