Erdoğan says the bill on the PKK's dissolution reaches parliament within days

After the cabinet meeting in Ankara, President Erdoğan said work on the legal package that is to underpin the terror-free Türkiye initiative is finished and that it will go to parliament within days. The package is meant to cover the complete disarmament and dissolution of the PKK, designated a terrorist organisation by Türkiye, the United States and the European Union. Erdoğan said ending terrorism would also lift a heavy burden from the economy, putting the cost at more than 50 billion dollars a year and lost tax revenue at close to 123 billion dollars.

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