Symbolic imageErdogan received the DEM Party's İmralı delegation on Thursday, the first such meeting since the reintegration law took effect, while hopes of investment in the southeast and Ocalan's unresolved status still shape the process.
The topic follows attempts to end the armed conflict between the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Both sides have been moving toward a negotiated settlement since the PKK decided to lay down its weapons, with Turkey's parliament handling the legislative side.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received the lawmakers Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar of the DEM Party's İmralı delegation at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on Thursday, together with families of fallen soldiers, Daily Sabah reported. It was the first such meeting since the framework law on reintegration entered into force.
Business associations said the reintegration law, passed in the early hours of Tuesday, would lift investor confidence and unlock spending in Turkey's southeast and east after nearly forty years of conflict. Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş called the text balanced, and officials argue that security money can now be redirected to public welfare.
Turkey's parliament approved the law dissolving the PKK in the early hours of Tuesday. In the Kurdish southeast, the conditional pardons drew relief and doubt.
Turkey's parliament passed a law on Monday letting PKK fighters who disarm return to civilian life. Its leadership called the terms deficient.
Lawmakers in Ankara are to convene one last time before the summer recess to pass legislation underpinning the 'terror-free Türkiye' process, Daily Sabah reported on Sunday. The process follows the disarmament of the PKK.
Turkey's parliament approved legislation intended to advance a settlement with Kurdish militants, The Hindu reported on Saturday. The bill is a further step in the process that followed the PKK's move to disarm.