DEM Party opens talks on draft law tied to anti-terror process
The Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has kicked off fresh consultations on a draft framework law for the “terror-free Türkiye” initiative, starting discussions with Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş.
“We expressed our views, expectations and justifications regarding the need for the framework law to be passed before the parliament adjourns,” DEM Party lawmakers Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar said in a statement after the talks, adding that Kurtulmuş shared this assessment.
The discussions are part of a broader political process that gained momentum after PKK announced in May 2025 that it had ended its armed activities and dissolved its organizational structure. The move followed indirect contacts involving the pro-Kurdish DEM Party and jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan as part of the peace initiative.
Parliament subsequently established the National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy Commission, a 51-member panel chaired by Kurtulmuş and composed of representatives from all major parties except the İYİ (Good) Party.
