PKK militants want to enter Turkish political life: top commander

Friday, 11 July, 2025 , 14:03

Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, July 11, 2025 (AFP) — Kurdish PKK militants want to return to Turkey and enter democratic political life, one of the group's joint leaders told AFP on Friday after the fighters began destroying their arms.

"The Turkish state needs to grant us the right to enter democratic politics... We are ready and willing to go to Turkey to engage in democratic politics.. to pursue our struggle for freedom and democracy, and to promote democratic socialism in Turkey," Bese Hozat told AFP in an interview.