Addressing lawmakers on Wednesday, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pointed out a silver lining in the terror-free Türkiye initiative that aims dissolution of the PKK terrorist group.
Erdoğan’s remarks came one day after a government ally offered to visit the PKK’s jailed ringleader, Abdullah Öcalan, to move forward with the initiative. Erdoğan said a parliamentary committee tasked with preparing guidelines for the initiative would make “the right decision” when it convened on Friday. The parliamentary committee has faced heightening calls for a hearing from Öcalan himself as it nears completion of its task.
“Winners of terror-free Türkiye initiative will be Turks, Kurds, all communities in Türkiye, region,” Erdoğan said.
The terror-free Türkiye initiative was launched last year by government ally Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) when its leader, Devlet Bahçeli, implied that the government should facilitate access to Öcalan, so that he could call on the PKK to lay down arms.
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