Türkiye · Wednesday, 14 October 2026
Iraqi Kurdish leader Barzani says Erdoğan deserves Nobel Peace Prize for Kurdish peace push
Nechirvan Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq, said at a forum that Erdoğan deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for leading efforts to resolve Türkiye's Kurdish issue, and that the KRG is ready to help the process succeed. He said he had doubted the initiative's seriousness until meeting Erdoğan, and acknowledged criticism that the PKK disarmament process is moving slowly.
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