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A TV in a Diyarbakir tea house shows news of the PKK’s dissolution on May 12, 2025, ending its four-decade insurgency against the Turkish state. (Photo by Ilyas Akengin/AFP via Getty Images)

By Sinan Ülgen, Project Syndicate | May 15, 2025

The dismantling of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) after more than 40 years of violence presents a historic opportunity to build a better Turkey. Safeguarding the country’s newfound freedom from PKK terrorism requires reinvigorating its democracy.

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