The Secret Peace in Turkey: How Aging Leaders Are Ending a War

In a quiet but historic turn, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party announced its official dissolution during its 12th Congress in May 2025. After more than four decades of armed conflict with the Turkish state, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party has committed to peaceful political engagement. For a group long viewed as Turkey’s most persistent internal security threat, this move is as surprising as it is consequential.The transition from using violence to using legal and political avenues to address the Kurdish question in Turkey is a welcome development. A peaceful resolution rooted in democratic processes is both overdue and essential. However, the method by which this

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