Turkey looks to end Kurdish PKK conflict as regional instability grows


  • World
  • Thursday, 31 Oct 2024

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a plenary session in the outreach/BRICS Plus format at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia October 24, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Pool/File Photo

ANKARA (Reuters) - Growing regional instability and changing political dynamics have prompted the first bid in a decade to end Turkey's 40-year conflict with Kurdish militants, but its chances of success are unclear as Ankara has given no clues on what it may entail.

Several politicians and analysts told Reuters that the peace proposal by a close ally of Tayyip Erdogan has spurred both hope and uncertainty as to how the president might proceed.

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