Car set ablaze outside Turkish parliament before meeting on PKK disarmament

Car set ablaze outside Turkish parliament before meeting on PKK disarmament

The scene served as a grim reminder of decades of conflict with the PKK just hours before families of victims were to address a commission overseeing the group’s disarmament

August 19, 2025 09:23

ANKARA: A car was set ablaze near Turkiye’s parliament on Tuesday in a grim reminder of decades of conflict with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), just hours before families of some victims were to address a commission overseeing the group’s disarmament.

The PKK, which took up arms against the Turkish state in 1984, said in May it would disarm and dissolve. The parliamentary commission was launched this month to set a path toward lasting peace, which would also resonate in neighboring Iraq and Syria.