What are the implications of the PKK leader’s call to disband?

The Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, is being urged to disband by the jailed founder and leader.

That comes after 40 000 lives were lost in decades of conflict with Turkiye.

What effect might this have on Turkiye and the surrounding area, and why is it happening now?

Presenter: Nick Clark

Guests:

Omer Ozkizilcik, director of Turkish studies at the Omran Center for Strategic Studies, and non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Program

HA Hellyer, senior fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, a think tank for defense and security, is a senior fellow in geopolitics, international security, and Middle Eastern studies.

Source: Aljazeera