According to the pro-govt newspapers, Ankara's roadmap is as follows:
1) Wait-and-see period (4-5 months): PKK and its affiliates in Europe&elsewhere will be closely observed for their compliance with the call for disarmament&dissolution.
1) Wait-and-see period (4-5 months): PKK and its affiliates in Europe&elsewhere will be closely observed for their compliance with the call for disarmament&dissolution.
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Sinem Adar
Given the pace and mostly positive responses, my working assumption is that a consensus had more or less been reached among the actors involved. It is likely that we will see some sort of an arrangement concerning Ocalan's release.
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2) At the end of June the second phase will start. The expectation is that the PKK and its affiliates would largely cooperate. The assumption is that those who do not will, over time, be marginalised.
5) Preparations are made and caution is taken against possible provocations and disruption along the way. (Read: full scale repression on dissidence will continue).
PKK is at its strongest in history. This is Ankaras last chance.