{"id":9481,"date":"2025-02-28T17:51:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T17:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/turkey-pkk-deal-may-benefit-erdogan-at-home-and-abroad\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T17:51:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T17:51:18","slug":"turkey-pkk-deal-may-benefit-erdogan-at-home-and-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/turkey-pkk-deal-may-benefit-erdogan-at-home-and-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey-PKK Deal May Benefit Erdogan at Home and Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">By seeking a peace deal with Kurdish militants, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey is attempting something momentous that not only aims to end 40 years of violent insurgency inside Turkey but envisions ambitious change across the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/27\/world\/middleeast\/turkey-pkk-abdullah-ocalan.html\" title=\"\">call on Thursday by Abdullah Ocalan<\/a>, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party, or P.K.K., for his militants to lay down their arms followed months of negotiations and was a well thought out answer to the challenges Mr. Erdogan faces, said Asli Aydintasbas, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At home it could earn Mr. Erdogan the Kurdish support he needs for constitutional changes to give the Turkish leader \u2014 who has steadily expanded his power over more than 20 years \u2014 another run at the presidency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Farther afield, ending the conflict with Kurdish groups that are ranged across parts of Iraq, Syria and Turkey would release Turkey and its military of a huge burden. If Kurds in neighboring Syria follow suit, it has the potential to calm a longstanding regional conflict and help stabilize an allied, fledgling government in Damascus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis is a historic call,\u201d Ms. Aydintasbas, said of Mr. Ocalan\u2019s appeal. The proposal \u201chas a lot to do with the geopolitical pressures building up in Turkey\u2019s neighborhood, creating a sense of insecurity for both Turks and Kurds,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe chaotic start of the Trump administration and the uncertainty about Syria\u2019s future also seem to have made it evident to Ankara that it needs to consolidate on the home front,\u201d Ms. Aydintasbas added, \u201cand there is no better way to do it than a deal with Kurds.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Ocalan\u2019s militant group, the P.K.K., \u201cwill almost certainly\u201d heed his appeal, she said. It has suffered militarily since attempting to fight urban battles in eastern Turkish cities in 2015 and has largely retreated to strongholds in the mountainous areas of Iraq.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the Kurdish forces in Syria, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, or S.D.F., were boosted by training and equipment from the Pentagon as they joined the United States in its operations against the Islamic State in Syria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Turkey has long considered them a terrorist threat aimed at undermining security along its southern border.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Turkey has close ties with the rebel movement Hayat Tahrir al Sham that seized control of Syria in December after ousting the longtime dictator, Bashar al-Assad. Turkish officials have made it clear that removing or diluting the perceived Kurdish threat on its borders is a priority in its dealings with the new government in Damascus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mazloum Abdi, the Kurdish leader of the S.D.F., is a close follower of Mr. Ocalan and will most likely heed his appeal to turn to peaceful, democratic change, Ms. Aydintasbas said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Abdi, in comments during an online news briefing on Thursday, said that Mr. Ocalan had informed him about the decision to lay down arms in a letter and had emphasized the value of peace and stability for the whole region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Abdi welcomed the initiative, saying that it would resolve Turkey\u2019s security concerns and ease the situation for his own forces in Syria. His priority was his own negotiations with the new government in Damascus, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The idea for a peace agreement was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/24\/world\/middleeast\/turkey-terrorist-attack-kurdish-peace-talks.html\" title=\"\">first floated in October<\/a> by a close political ally of Mr. Erdogan\u2019s, the nationalist politician Devlet Bahceli.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Erdogan openly backed peace negotiations with the Kurds a decade ago before they broke down disastrously with fierce fighting breaking out in Kurdish cities. Perhaps because of that and lingering uncertainties about whether the plan will stick, he has remained slightly aloof from the peace overtures this time. Neither he nor any of his cabinet reacted to Mr. Ocalan\u2019s call on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But his ambitions in the region and beyond are well known. After taking in more than three million Syrian refugees since the Arab Spring uprising of 2011, he had been a strong supporter of the rebel groups fighting against the regime of Bashar al-Assad, and he still enjoys close ties with those groups now that they are in government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At the same time, he has extended Turkey\u2019s military and diplomatic reach into Africa and has offered Syria military training assistance for its army and air support by proposing the positioning of units of the Turkish air force in Syrian bases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One of Turkey\u2019s concerns is to curb interference from other countries into Syria, including Israel, which has advanced troops into parts of southern Syria and made overtures to the Syrian Kurds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Erdogan will be also calculating for political gains at home from peace with the Kurds, who represent an important political force that has sided with a coalition of opposition parties against Mr. Erdogan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Kurds have already made clear that they are expecting political and legal safeguards in any deal. They would be likely to demand the release of political prisoners and changes in terrorism legislation and constitutional amendments, Ms. Aydintasbas said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A deal with the Kurds could allow for constitutional changes that would remove ethnic divisions and give Kurds a devolution of power. It could also give Mr. Erdogan another run at the presidency, his former prime minister Binali Yildirim said in comments made in a speech in the city of Izmir, reported by Turkish media Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe are surrounded by instability, dangers and threats,\u201d Mr. Yildirim said. \u201cFor this, stability, trust and, most importantly, a strong leader are needed. Therefore, the way should be opened for our President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to run for president again. The new constitution should also foresee this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Safak Timur<!-- --> contributed reporting from Istanbul.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/28\/world\/middleeast\/turkey-pkk-peace-deal-ocalan-erdogan.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By seeking a peace deal with Kurdish 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