ANKARA — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday that his government is actively working on a legal framework designed to accelerate the dissolution of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, a militant organization that has waged an insurgency against Turkey for more than 40 years.
Addressing members of his ruling AK Party during a session in parliament, Erdogan said the proposed legal measures would be placed on the parliamentary agenda without delay. He did not provide specific details about what those measures would entail.
The Turkish president emphasized that Ankara remains firmly committed to bringing the ongoing peace process with the PKK to a successful conclusion and permanently ending the group’s long-running armed campaign against the Turkish state.
