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Turkish Parliamentary Committee Begins Work on PKK Peace Initiative
TURKEY, AUG 5 – The bipartisan committee will supervise disarmament, propose reforms, and support reintegration after the PKK’s May decision to end a conflict that killed over 40,000 people, a poll shows 61% support.
- A parliamentary committee held its first meeting on a peace initiative with the Kurdish militant group PKK, marking progress toward ending an insurgency that has lasted decades.
- The 51-member committee includes legislators from most major parties and aims to propose legal and political reforms to support the peace process after the PKK's decision to disband and renounce armed conflict.
- Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus described the committee's launch as a 'historic turning point,' representing a new era in the nation's future and the 'will of the nation.'
- The PKK announced in May that it would disband and renounce armed conflict, concluding four decades of violence.
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Despite criticism, the parliamentary commission takes up its work on the dialogue process between the PKK and the Turkish state.
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