CIAO DATE: 10/2009

In Their Own Words: PKK Leaders on Peace, Dialogue, and the United States

July 2009

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

Intent on resolving its ongoing Kurdish problem, Turkey launched a peace initiative last spring that includes measures to disarm the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a group listed by the State Department as a foreign terrorist organization. But does the PKK want peace? The following statements by top PKK leaders provide insight into the group's intentions, the prospects for peace, and the implications for the United States.

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