The Turkish Parliament Has Approved A Partial Amnesty For The Kurdistan Workers' Party

Since the late 1970s, the PKK has been waging an armed struggle against the Turkish government.

A bill titled “Strengthening National Solidarity and Social Integration” was supported by 360 of the 592 members of the Turkish Parliament, according to AFP. It provides for a partial amnesty for fighters of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is recognized as a terrorist organization in Turkey. Although a majority of lawmakers supported it, the bill still must undergo a formal vote.

The bill was proposed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who stated that it should “rid Turkey of the terrorist threat and strengthen national unity.” It provides that PKK fighters will be able to return to normal life and will not face punishment for their activities within the organization, provided that the party ceases to exist and hands over all its weapons to the government. Excluded from the amnesty are those who committed “premeditated murders” as well as “crimes punishable by life imprisonment prior to June 1, 2005.”

Since the late 1970s, the PKK has waged an armed struggle against the Turkish government, initially for independence and later for the autonomy of Kurdistan. In February 2025, the party’s founder Abdullah Öcalan, who is imprisoned in Turkey, called on his comrades to dissolve the party and end the armed conflict with the Turkish authorities. In May of that same year, the PKK congress voted to dissolve the party, and it later announced the withdrawal of its forces from Turkey.

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