Kurdish DEM Party sets terms for reviving Türkiye's peace process: reinstate ousted mayors, free Öcalan

DEM Party co-chairs Tülay Hatimoğulları and Tuncer Bakırhan said progress on the Kurdish peace process now depends on reinstating elected co-mayors removed by government-appointed trustees, releasing imprisoned politicians including Abdullah Öcalan, and reopening space for the Kurdish language and Kurdish identity. Bakırhan said democracy has to begin at the local level. Legislative changes are reportedly expected in October or November.

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