Parliament speaker cites delay in disarmament of PKK
Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş said on June 6 that there has been a delay in the disarmament process of the PKK beyond what he described as the will of imprisoned leader Abdullah Öcalan, urging that the setback be resolved quickly.
“We see a serious delay outside the will of İmralı,” Kurtulmuş told reporters upon returning from official visits to Finland and Sweden, referring to the island where Öcalan is serving a life sentence. “I hope this delay is lifted as soon as possible.”
He said the government-backed “terror-free Türkiye” plan’s most critical condition is verifiable and monitorable confirmation that the terror group has fully disbanded.
That verification, he said, would need to come from security institutions and could involve a mechanism reporting periodically to parliament.
