The PKK, which Türkiye, the US and the EU list as a terrorist organisation, said days ago it had withdrawn all militants from Türkiye and accused Ankara of indifference. It warned if no concrete step is taken.
DEM Party Co-Chair Tuncer Bakırhan said field assessments suggested the PKK could lay down its arms by 27 November.
After confirmation that the PKK has laid down arms, changes are expected to the laws on enforcement, counter-terrorism and criminal law. The Turkish parliament is expected to take steps next week toward the planned monitoring commission.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Zeydi met in New York and agreed on establishing state authority in Sinjar and removing the PKK from the region. Turkish forces will gradually hand over the Bashiqa-Zilkan base to Iraq.
+3: Milliyet, Yeni Akit and Yeni Şafak +4: A Haber, Milliyet, Yeni Akit and Yeni Şafak 
+3: Ekonomim, Gazete Oksijen and Ekonomi Manşet +4: Diken, Ekonomim, Gazete Oksijen and Ekonomi Manşet 
+3: Sözcü, Cumhuriyet and BirGün +4: Halk TV, Sözcü, Cumhuriyet and BirGün 
+6: An-Nahar, South China Morning Post, Al Jazeera English, BBC Türkçe, Asharq Al-Awsat and RFI +7: Al-Monitor, An-Nahar, South China Morning Post, Al Jazeera English, BBC Türkçe, Asharq Al-Awsat and RFI According to Sözcü, Cemil Bayık, a senior figure of the PKK (listed as a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the EU and the US), said in a statement on the process, "We will not lay down arms if Apo is not freed," and argued that the law passed in the Grand National Assembly (TBMM) does not meet their demands.
Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi met his Iranian counterpart Eskandar Momeni in Ankara to discuss the 'Terror-Free Türkiye' process, PKK's Iranian offshoot PJAK, and the fight against drug trafficking. Çiftçi said 32,848 people were detained this year in 38,915 anti-drug operations.
