After nearly five decades of armed insurgency, the PKK has officially ended its armed struggle—a turning point not only for Türkiye, but for the entire region. The symbolic arms-laying ceremony held in Sulaymaniyah under the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, where 30 PKK members—15 women and 15 men—burned their weapons, including Kalashnikovs, RPGs, and other military hardware, signals the beginning of a long-awaited and potentially transformative era. Among them was Besê Hozat, a senior figure and co-chair of the KCK Executive Council.

The move came after a direct call from the PKK’s founding leader, Abdullah Öcalan, and represents the first concrete step toward closing one of the most violent chapters in Türkiye’s modern history. With the guns silenced, attention is now turning to what comes next—politically, economically, and socially.

A window for peace and development

This disarmament opens the door to a new Türkiye, one less burdened by domestic terrorism and more capable of focusing on economic development, reconciliation, and regional diplomacy. As it is often stated, "A Türkiye free from terror." The shift from security-dominated politics to a broader agenda focused on social peace and........

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