Editing Kurdistan Workers' Party (section)

==== Disarming and disbanding as part of peace effort ====
In February 2025, Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader [[Abdullah Öcalan]] urged all members of the group to lay down arms and dissolve the organisation for good.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 February 2025 |title=Ocalan: Kurdish PKK founder who urged his fighters to disarm |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250227-ocalan-kurdish-pkk-founder-who-urged-his-fighters-to-disarm |access-date=27 February 2025 |website=France 24 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jailed PKK ringleader Ocalan calls for terror group's dissolution |url=https://www.trtworld.com/turkiye/jailed-pkk-ringleader-ocalan-calls-for-terror-groups-dissolution-18269472 |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=TRT World}}</ref> In a statement read out by the deputies of the pro-Kurdish [[Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party]] (DEM), Öcalan called on the PKK to convene its congress, lay down its arms and dissolve itself, arguing that the party "has completed its life like its counterparts and necessitated its dissolution".<ref>{{cite news |title=Jailed Kurdish leader calls for PKK to disarm – in shift that could shake up Turkey and Middle East |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/27/pkk-leader-calls-on-kurdish-militant-group-to-disarm-signalling-start-of-fragile-peace-with-turkey |access-date=27 February 2025 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 February 2025 |title=Imprisoned Kurdish leader urges PKK to disarm and disband as part of peace effort with Turkey |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/imprisoned-kurdish-leader-urges-pkk-to-disarm-and-disband-as-part-of-peace-effort-with-turkey/7990140.html |access-date=27 February 2025 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}</ref> He also called for an alliance between Turks and Kurds and for peaceful coexistence,<ref>{{cite web |title=Ocalan calls for PKK's disbandment, laying arms |url=https://shafaq.com/en/Kurdistan/Ocalan-calls-for-PKK-s-disbandment-laying-arms |access-date=28 February 2025 |work=Shafaq}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=After four decades of conflict, Öcalan urges PKK to lay down arms, disband |url=https://caliber.az/en/post/after-four-decades-of-conflict-ocalan-urges-pkk-to-lay-down-arms-disband |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=Caliber}}</ref> quoting the positive political approaches of President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] and calls for peace by [[Nationalist Movement Party]] [[Devlet Bahçeli]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 February 2025 |title=PKK leader Öcalan calls on banned Kurdish group to dissolve |url=https://www.euronews.com/2025/02/27/pkk-leader-abdullah-ocalan-calls-on-kurdish-group-to-lay-down-arms |access-date=27 February 2025 |website=euronews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ocalan orders the PKK to dissolve in a historic statement |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ocalan-dissolve-pkk-historic-statement |access-date=27 February 2025 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 February 2025 |title=Ocalan calls for PKK to drop weapons, be dissolved |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/ocalan-calls-for-pkk-to-drop-weapons-be-dissolved/ |access-date=27 February 2025 |website=CTVNews |language=en}}</ref>

Between 5–7 May, the PKK's 12th Party Congress convened. The organisation announced its own dissolution on 12 May 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 May 2025 |title=Full text: PKK's statement on disbanding decision |url=https://bianet.org/haber/full-text-pkks-statement-on-disbanding-decision-307344 |access-date=12 May 2025 |website=bianet.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Butler |first1=Daren |last2=Toksabay |first2=Ece |date=12 May 2025 |title=Kurdish PKK disbands and ends 40-year Turkey insurgency |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/kurdish-pkk-dissolves-after-decades-struggle-with-turkey-news-agency-close-2025-05-12/ |website=[[Reuters]].}}</ref> The decision was appreciated by Turkish authorities. President Erdoğan characterised it as "important", stating that they have now "crossed another critical threshold" toward the goal of a terror-free Turkey.<ref name="newregion">{{cite web |author=Gashtyar Akram |date=12 May 2025 |title=Reactions pour in from Turkey as PKK announces disbandment |url=https://thenewregion.com/posts/2250/reactions-pour-in-from-turkey-as-pkk-announces-disbandment |accessdate=16 May 2025 |publisher=The New Region}}</ref> Foreign Minister [[Hakan Fidan]] described the PKK's self-dissolution as "a historic and important decision", saying that "practical steps will be taken after this".<ref name="newregion" />