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Turkey and the PKK have made historic moves toward peace – now begins the hard diplomatic work

  • Written by Alpaslan Ozerdem, Dean of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
imageMen watch the announcement of PKK's abandonment of armed struggle on a television screen inside a traditional Turkish tea house, in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Ilyas Akengin/AFP via Getty Images

Turkey’s peace process is advancing. In August 2025, three months after the Kurdistan Workers’ Party – commonly known as the PKK – announced...

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