What Are the Consequences of the PKK Leader’s Call for Disbandment? | TV Programs

The imprisoned founder and leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has called for the group to disband.

This comes after four decades of conflict with Türkiye, which has claimed 40,000 lives.

Why is this happening now, and what could it mean for Türkiye and the region?

Presenter: Nick Clark

Guests:

Ömer Özkizilcık – Non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Program and director of Turkish studies at the Omran Center for Strategic Studies

HA Hellyer – Senior fellow in geopolitics, international security, and Middle East studies at the Royal United Services Institute, a defense and security think tank

Mohammed Salih – Non-resident senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and Kurdish affairs specialist