The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announces its dissolution, a historic move after decades of conflict with Turkey, which have resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of people. The militant group declared in a statement that “all activities” conducted under its name have ended. The Kurdish question has reached “a point where it can be resolved through democratic politics,” the PKK stated in a statement. The 12th Congress, the group’s high-level decision-making meeting, “decided to dissolve the PKK’s organizational structure and end the armed struggle,” the statement reads, adding that the implementation of the process will be managed and led by their imprisoned leader, Abdullah Öcalan, who had, just weeks earlier, advocated for such a decision.
