Members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party lay down their arms after decades of war with Turkiye.
It’s one of the longest-running conflicts in the Middle East – and it’s about to come to an end.
Members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have started laying down their arms at a ceremony in northern Iraq.
It comes two months after the group said it would end its armed struggle against Turkiye and shift to democratic politics.
Reaction has been mixed: Some Kurds think it could pave the way to peace. Others argue it’s a concession with no gains.
So how will this process play out in Turkiye and in the wider region?
Presenter: Adrian Finighan
Guests:
Galip Dalay – nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs
David L Phillips – director of the Program on Peace-building and Human Rights at Columbia University
Mohammed Salih – nonresident senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute who specialises in Kurdish affairs
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