Date first published: 11/03/2025
Key sectors: all
Key risks: political stability; governance; regional escalation
Risk development
On 27 February Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), called for the group’s disarmament and dissolution, urging its leadership to convene a congress to finalise the decision. The PKK responded with an immediate ceasefire and called for Ocalan’s release to oversee the process. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed this as a "historic opportunity" but emphasised that PKK-affiliated groups in Syria and Iraq must also disband.
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