Erdoğan's first statement after the PKK Congress

Erdoğan's first statement after the PKK Congress

On Friday, the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) announced that the 12th congress of the party was successfully held in the Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) between 5 and 7 May. The congress was conducted in two different areas with delegates representing all branches of the party. The PKK said that they would publish the results and decisions in the near future. Following the PKK’s announcement, President Tayyip Erdoğan of…

DEM Party Co-Chairman Tuncer Bakırhan, in his statement regarding the PKK's dissolution congress, said, "If the issue is weapons and the congress, a call was made, the congress convened, and will announce its results soon. The congress decisions will be announced in a few days."

Shortly after CHP leader Özgür Özel said in Van, “We say ‘yes’ to the end of terrorism, to a Turkey without terrorism” and said that he expected the news of the “terrorist organization” laying down arms to come “as soon as possible,” President Tayyip Erdoğan also made a short but ambitious statement: “You can and will receive good news at any moment.” The day before, on May 9, he announced that the PKK had convened a congress to lay down arms an…

First statement from Erdoğan after the PKK congress: You can get good news at any time