NEWS CENTRE - The first images from the historic arms destruction ceremony of the ‘Peace and Democratic Society Group’ have been published.

 

 

Upon the call of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, a group of PKK members destroyed their weapons in a ceremony organised in the Silêmanî countryside of Southern Kurdistan.

 

In the statement made at the ceremony, the following statements were made: ‘From now on, we are disposing of our weapons with our free will in order to carry out our struggle for freedom, democracy and socialism through democratic politics and law, and on the basis of the enactment of democratic integration laws.’

 

This ceremony was recorded as a critical step in terms of ending the years-long conflict and advancing the democratic solution process. The first images taken from the ceremony were shared with the public.