Ocalan’s name, prompted by a shock proposal in October by Devlet Bahceli, an ultra-nationalist ally of Erdogan, has been welcomed by the US, the European Union and different Western allies, in addition to by Türkiye‘s neighbours Iraq and Iran.
On Saturday, Bahceli stated he welcomed the PKK’s assertion to heed Ocalan’s name, saying there will be no negotiating with the PKK and that its disarmament and disbandment, together with all its extensions, can be useful for everybody.
“In such a crucial setting and circumstances, a historic window of alternative has been opened for Türkiye,” he stated in an announcement, including no person needs to be allowed to derail the method.
Türkiye has tried to make the most of regional geopolitical developments after the autumn of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad following 11 years of civil warfare, by which Ankara backed rebels in search of his overthrow.
The brand new Islamist authorities in Damascus has established good ties with Türkiye, which continues to again Syrian Arab fighters in a battle in opposition to Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria.
Since Assad’s fall, Türkiye has repeatedly demanded that the US-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the YPG militia disarm, warning of navy motion in any other case. Nonetheless, the SDF stated that whereas Ocalan’s name was optimistic, it didn’t apply to them.
