article author: AFP Wed, 2026-05-06 02: 51 ISTANBUL: Two senior figures from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) urged Turkish authorities to remove what they described as “obstacles” to progress in peace talks with Ankara, one year after the group announced its dissolution. The pair, Mustafa Karasu and Sozdar Avesta, speaking in Kurdish and Turkish on camera from an unidentified location, urged the government to “take the necessary legislative measures to ensure smooth progress, ” in comments published by the pro-PKK Firat news agency. Main category: Middle-East Tags: PKK Kurds Turkiye



