The end of one epoch. The break -up of Kurdish militants will strengthen Turkey especially

13. May 2025 at 17:25

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Ankara., ‘ BRATISLAVA. After four decades of fighting, which claimed at least 40,000 victims, the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) dissolved. Surprisingly, one of the longest conflicts in the world is the Kurds themselves.

“The dissolution of PKK comes within a very fast and little transparent political process that has been running in the last few months Turkey”Says the political scientist for the SME daily Marek Čejka.

The termination of a military campaign that influenced mainly Turkey, IraqSyria a Iran. It represents by television BBC Historical moment. And it seems that the reason to celebrate is primarily Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which in the past undertook Kurdish resistance to crush.

The situation for Erdogan is another strengthening of Turkey, whose power is growing, especially since the fall of the Syrian regime in December 2024. « And at the same time it has an overlap in the Turkish influence in neighboring Syria, where there is also a significant Kurdish community. »

The decision of the PKK to compose the weapon was followed by the February call Abdullah Öcalan, stating that there was no alternative to democracy. Öcalan, who founded PKK in 1978, has been imprisoned on the island of Istanbul for the last twenty -five years.

It is not yet clear what impact will be on the Kurdish community the dissolution of the PKK, which is in Turkey, the EU, the UK and the US, and the US terrorist group. However, her leadership said it fulfilled its historical mission and ended with fighting.

Three possible scenarios

Middle East According to foreign media, it is again experiencing an epochal change. It is assumed that the extinction of PKK will bring peace to the region, and the most important shift can be expected in Turkey itself.

« In the case of a positive development scenario, it is possible to expect Turkish-Conda deesaculation, but also strengthening Kurdish cultural and political rights and dismissal of political prisoners, » explains Čejka.

The Kurds mainly ask for the release of Öcalana. This is perceived by his supporters as a hero who has given Kurdish question to international attention.

The Kurds were actively promoting the establishment of an independent state of Kurdistan since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, so the establishment of the PKK in the 1970s formed mainly nationalism, which resulted from the desire of the Kurds for his homeland.