The agreement contains no recognition of Kurdish national existence or collective democratic rights. Instead, it focuses almost entirely on the legal framework for the dissolution and disarmament of the PKK and the guerrilla movement.
It contains no acknowledgment of the state’s historical policies of denial, repression, or violence. Instead, the agreement places the Kurdish struggle itself on trial rather than addressing the roots of the conflict using colonial state language.
Kurdish national democratic leader Abdullah Öcalan is granted no official political status connected to the Kurdish national democratic struggle.
Guerrillas and prisoners are not recognized as one side in a political conflict but are treated as individuals accused of terrorism.
The state has made no meaningful concessions on major political issues. There is no action on sick prisoners, trustee-appointed municipalities, implementation of Constitutional Court or ECHR rulings, or the release of prisoners already eligible under existing law.
The agreement fulfills the Turkish state’s central objective of disarmament. It does not recognize Kurdish collective rights mor introduce broader democratic reforms. Workers and oppressed also gain nothing from the agreement.
The legislation includes no new guarantees for democratic freedoms, labor rights, or social justice. In total, this settlement offers exceptionally limited political gains.
Disarmament comes without corresponding recognition of political or national rights. Thus, the post-agreement period is marked by uncertainty and heavy risks.
Accordingly, former PKK leaders shall face exile & isolation, Öcalan remains imprisoned, and released prisoners and former guerrillas are expected to remain under political restrictions and state supervision.
The agreement ends one phase of the national liberation struggle without resolving its underlying political questions. The Kurdish question, democratic rights, and equality between peoples remain unresolved.
Our antifascist, anticolonialist tasks ahead remain political organization, democratic struggle, and building unity among workers and oppressed people around freedom, justice, women’s liberation, and equality between peoples.