2,000 PKK Members Join SDF

According to ‌the English section of webangah News Agency, citing​ Mehr‌ News ⁢Agency ‌and Russia Today, Turkish media, quoting security sources, have reported ‌that nearly 2,000 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)​ have joined the Syrian ⁢Democratic Forces⁢ (SDF) as early this year.

The⁣ sources added that Turkey’s intelligence service plans to submit a detailed report on this⁣ matter ‍to the relevant parliamentary commission.

This news ​comes shortly after the PKK announced it ‍had‌ ended​ its activities inside turkey.

The party also confirmed that its members are‌ leaving Turkey and relocating to​ northern Iraq. ‌Some have already moved from border areas in ⁢Turkey to the Kurdistan Region of ‍Iraq, with others expected to follow if Turkey remains committed to the peace process.

Notably, on February 27, 2025, abdullah Öcalan-the leader of the PKK-issued a statement urging party members to lay down their arms, hold a‌ congress, and dissolve the organization. Afterward, PKK declared it held its twelfth congress from May 5-7‌ and decided on self-dissolution.