
Turkey's DEM party says PKK finished first peace process phase
Monday, 27 October, 2025 , 08:37
Ankara, Oct 27, 2025 (AFP) — Turkey pro-Kurdish DEM party on Monday hailed the PKK's move to withdraw fighters from Turkish soil as a "critical" step that completed the first phase of the government's peace process with the Kurdish militant group.
"Yesterday, we witnessed one of the most critical and significant steps," DEM co-chair Tuncer Bakirhan told reporters in Ankara, adding: "At this point, the first phase of the (peace) process has been completed."