The recent announcement by the PKK of its dissolution has opened a wide debate about the fate of its foreign fighters in Turkiye, amid European fears that some of its leaders and members may move to the continent.

After more than four decades, with 40,000 people killed, and without securing a Kurdish homeland, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is ending its war against the Turkish state.

Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call for his party to lay down arms and dissolve carries an implicit message to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

In a quick response to its leader's call to end a four-decade conflict with the Turkish state, the PKK announced an immediate ceasefire and its readiness to hold a conference to decide the fate of Ocalan's call.

Turkish-Kurdish talks aimed at ending the 40-year-old armed conflict have raised hopes for peace, especially given the fragile situation of Kurdish armed forces in Syria.