From 1978 until 2025, the Republic of Turkey was in an armed conflict with the Kurdistan Workers' Party as well as its allied insurgent groups, both Kurdish and non-Kurdish. The initial core demand of
PKK supporters in London, April 2003
A demonstration against the PKK in Frankfurt, October 2011
Kurdish PKK guerilla at the Newroz celebration in kandil, 23 March 2014
Turkish police announcing seizure of PKK ammunition in Diyarbakır, August 2015
The 2025 PKK–Turkey peace process, also known as the Second Peace Process or the Second Solution Process, refers to the process in 2025 for resolution of the Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency. The p
Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
…many Kurdish-majority cities including Diyarbakır, Şırnak, Mardin, Cizre, Nusaybin, and Yüksekova were destroyed in the clashes or external operations. New peace process discussions began in 2024. In early 2025, Öcalan called PKK to disarm. On 12 May 2025, the PKK announced its full dissolution to favor political means…
Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar