ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated Friday that Ankara is working to eliminate any obstacles to the success of the peace process with the country's long-term foe, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which recently made the seminal decision to lay down arms and dissolve.

In a message congratulating Muslims on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, Erdogan remarked that the ongoing peace process in the country demonstrates Ankara’s "ability to produce local and national prescriptions for its own problems."

"We will hopefully bring this auspicious process, which will strengthen the eternal brotherhood of 86 million, to success without allowing any obstacle in its way,” Erdogan stated in a video message posted on X.

Last month, the PKK announced its decision to dissolve and disband, putting an end to an insurgency that lasted over four decades, after months of negotiations.

The PKK’s announcement followed a February call by Ocalan, in which he urged the party to lay down arms and disband, asserting that it was time for the Kurdish struggle to transition to a dialogue-based, democratic, and political arena.

"We will work non-stop until we make the Century of Turkey the century of brotherhood, democracy, prosperity, development, and peace in our entire country,” Erdogan remarked.

The Turkish president further stated, "Without making any distinctions on this path, we will embrace all 86 million. We will not give credit to those who feed on tension, conflict, and polarization.”

"Together, we will continue our struggle to serve the nation with this understanding,” Erdogan affirmed.

Long designated a terrorist organization by Ankara and its Western allies, the PKK has been an armed group fighting for increased Kurdish rights in Turkey for decades, predominantly engaging in armed conflict with Turkish forces from the mountainous borders of the Kurdish Region in Iraq and Syria.

The recent significant developments across Turkey’s political landscape provide a fresh breath of air to millions in Turkey and beyond—Turks and Kurds alike—who have endured decades of a bloody conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.