The Kurdistan Workers' Party has also decided to lay down its arms, following a call from its historic leader, Abdullah Ocalan, who has been imprisoned for 26 years on the prison island of Imrali, off the coast of Istanbul.
A crowd watches live a Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party, DEM, delegation members releasing an statement from the jailed leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, in Qamishli, northeastern Syria, February 27, 2025.