Erdogan receives Imrali delegation

DEM Party MPs and members of the Imrali delegation Pervin Buldan and Sirri Surreyya Onder met with Turkish President President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday in an "important meeting" to discuss the peace process between Ankara and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

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Erdogan to meet DEM Party delegation Thursday

Representatives of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) are set to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, coming soon after a DEM Party delegation paid a pivotal role in mediating a call to lay down arms by the imprisoned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abudullah Ocalan.

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Iraq wants withdrawal of PKK, Turkish forces after peace deal: Official

Araji’s comments come days after the PKK leader called on the group to lay down their arms

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Turkey removes pro-Kurdish mayor on ’terror’ charges: Interior Ministry

Turkey’s interior ministry announced on Monday the removal of Mehmet Alkan, mayor of the Kagizman district for alleged ties with the PKK.

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PM Barzani supports peace process in Turkey

In their last meeting in the Kurdistan Region before heading back to Turkey, the DEM Party delegation met with Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Wednesday

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DEM Party delegation meets PUK leader, KRG deputy PM in Sulaimani

The PUK leader stressed that resolving the Kurdish issue can only be done through “serious discussions and dialogue,” not weapons

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Turkish authorities remove Kurdish mayor from post over alleged PKK ties

Zeydan was convicted of similar charges in 2018 but the ruling was overturned in a 2022 retrial. Following his victory in the 2024 local elections, the Van election board annulled his win, declaring him ineligible to run in the mayoral elections due to his past record

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DEM Party calls for releasing Ocalan, granting rights to address Kurdish issue

The party laid out four requirements toward a “democratic solution” of the Kurdish issue

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Ocalan’s ‘historic call’ can happen ‘within this month’: DEM Party

The party expects the call to emphasize solving the Kurdish issue “through law and politics"

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