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ANKARA \u2014 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.<\/p>

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.<\/p>

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.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday that his government is developing a legal framework aimed at accelerating the disbandment of the Kurdistan Workers Party, known as the PKK. He told members of his ruling party in parliament that the measures would be brought before lawmakers without delay. Erdogan reaffirmed Ankara’s commitment to completing the peace process and ending the PKK’s decades-long armed conflict with the Turkish state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":86100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1782299891732.jpg?fit=450%2C281&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-moJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22239,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/turkeys-parliament-set-to-vote-on-kurdish-peace-process-report\/","url_meta":{"origin":86101,"position":0},"title":"Turkey’s Parliament Set to Vote on Kurdish Peace Process Report","author":"Admin","date":"February 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Turkish lawmakers are preparing to vote on a comprehensive report that could advance peace negotiations with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). 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