24.02.2026 18:52
It has been claimed that the leader of the terrorist organization PKK, Abdullah Öcalan, will make a new call on the anniversary of his call for disarmament and dissolution on February 27. According to the allegation, it will be emphasized that the second phase of the "Terror-free Turkey" process has been entered.
It has been claimed that Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the terrorist organization who has been in İmralı Prison since 1999 and called on the PKK to dissolve itself and lay down arms on February 27, 2025, will make a new call.
HE WILL EMPHASIZE "SECOND STAGE"
According to a claim reported by NTV, the message in question will be made on the anniversary of the February 27 call. Öcalan is expected to emphasize that the "second stage" has been reached in the "Terror-Free Turkey" process. It is alleged that the message will be read in Ankara by the DEM Party delegation from İmralı.
ÖCALAN'S CALL FOR "LAYING DOWN ARMS"
Last year, on February 27, the DEM Party delegation, which met with the leader of the terrorist organization Abdullah Öcalan, read Öcalan's message after the meeting on İmralı Island.
Öcalan, who called on the PKK to convene a congress and dissolve itself, stated, "The call made by Mr. Devlet Bahçeli, in this climate formed by the will expressed by the President and the positive approaches of other political parties towards the known call, is a call to lay down arms, and I take on the historical responsibility of this call."
PREPARATION FOR "CODE LAW" FOR THE PROCESS
On the other hand, there is also intense work within the AK Party and MHP regarding the legal regulations expected to be implemented as part of the process. A 'standalone' and 'temporary' bill is being worked on for the 'integration' or 'return home' of PKK members.
Officials are referring to the regulation as a CODE law. According to the regulation, PKK members will be individually defined as having used or not used weapons, and definitions such as the form, severity, and impact of the crime will be included in the regulation. The return of PKK members will progress from minor offenses to serious crimes. Officials emphasize that there will definitely not be a general definition.
In the planned revision of the penal execution regulation, it is also planned to remove the phrase "cannot benefit from conditional release" without making a distinction of crimes. This opens the way for those who receive aggravated life sentences to benefit from the right to hope.
"TERROR-FREE TURKEY" PROCESS
MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli stated on October 22, 2024, "If the isolation of the terrorist leader is lifted, let him come and speak at the TBMM DEM Party group meeting. Let him proclaim that terrorism has completely ended and the organization has been dissolved." Shortly after this statement, Bahçeli called for the DEM Party delegation to be allowed to go to İmralı.
On November 26, 2024, the DEM Party applied to the Ministry of Justice to meet with the terrorist organization leader Abdullah Öcalan in İmralı. On December 27, 2024, Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç announced that the DEM Party's request for a meeting had been positively responded to.
The DEM Party delegation's first meeting with PKK leader Öcalan took place on Saturday, December 28, and the second meeting occurred on Wednesday, January 22. During this process, the delegation also made consecutive visits to political parties.
When February 27 arrived, terrorist organization leader Abdullah Öcalan made a call from İmralı to "dissolve the organization." Following Öcalan's call, on March 1, the terrorist organization announced, "We declare a ceasefire."
The terrorist organization PKK held its congress between May 5-7. By May 12, the terrorist organization announced that it had decided to dissolve and surrender its weapons. On July 11, a group of PKK members burned and destroyed their weapons in the city of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.
Last week, the National Solidarity, Brotherhood, and Democracy Commission met for the last time to complete the process report. The report voted on in the commission was accepted with 47 "yes" votes. The Speaker of the Assembly, Numan Kurtulmuş, stated that the report was not of an amnesty nature.