KCK: Not a single armed force remains on the Turkish border
The KCK Executive Council said it has vacated the last caves and positions near the Turkish border, leaving no armed force there at all. The statement said the AKP government has yet to take even the steps requiring no legislation that were outlined in parliament's commission report.
RastinewsThere is no longer a single armed force left on the Turkish border. According to the latest statement from the KCK Executive Council, all guerrillas were withdrawn from Turkish territory in October 2026, following passage of the framework law. "Sleeper cells" in major cities were also pulled back to the Medya Defense Zones.
The Executive Council said more than 10 caves and positions near the border have been vacated in the past two months, and that the absence of armed conflict is now a geographic fact, not merely a matter of will.
"In this respect, the Turkish state and army cannot claim the existence of any military threat against it," the statement said.
"Ankara took no steps, doubts have grown"
The statement's main thrust was criticism of the government. According to the Executive Council, the AKP government's failure to take any concrete step in response to its own measures has fueled doubts, both in Turkey and abroad, about Ankara's intentions.
Those doubts deepened further when even the democratic steps outlined in the parliamentary commission's report — steps that require no legislation — went untaken. This, the statement said, is what sparked public debate over whether the process has stalled or been frozen.
The Executive Council said those who blame it for the process's lack of progress are distorting the facts. It stated that the organization has no concern whatsoever for its own future, and that its sole concern is resolving the Kurdish question without further delay.
Legal groundwork required before return
The Executive Council again tied the process's progress to Abdullah Öcalan's status. It repeated that Öcalan must be granted conditions in which he "lives and works freely," and that the peace and political council must begin its work.
The Executive Council said it has clearly stated its intention to return to Turkey and take part in politics, and that returns will begin once the necessary legal arrangements are made.
"Once the AKP government establishes the legal environment for participation in democratic political life, the problem will largely be resolved," the statement said, stressing that the issue cannot be resolved through disarmament alone. The Executive Council said that if Turkey democratizes, the country's fundamental problems — above all the Kurdish and Alevi questions — will be resolved.
The process began in February 2025
Abdullah Öcalan issued his "Call for Peace and a Democratic Society" on February 27, 2025. The PKK subsequently convened its congress and announced it was ending its armed struggle and dissolving itself.
At a ceremony held on July 11, 2025, a group of PKK members burned their weapons. On October 26, 2025, the Executive Council announced it had withdrawn its forces inside Turkey across the border.