Politics · Turkey · 11 hrs ago
Turkey’s parliament speaker calls for a region free of armed groups
Turkey’s parliament speaker Numan Kurtulmuş called for a region free of terrorism while meeting civil society representatives in Batman.
He said efforts to integrate armed groups into state structures are part of the process in Syria and Iraq.
Kurtulmuş said Syria’s new phase began after decades of dictatorship and expressed hope that the integration process there would be completed soon.
He said groups including the PYD, YPG and KCK were included in those efforts.
In Iraq’s Sinjar area, he said, a PKK-linked group with about 2,000 armed members had accepted and begun integration into the Iraqi army and security forces.
Kurtulmuş said steps toward a wider regional effort have begun, and that Iraq’s parliament speaker had told him a process to integrate armed groups in Iraq was expected to start in late September or early October.
He said the goal was to remove terrorism across the region, but gave no further timetable for completing the efforts.
Turkey’s parliament speaker Numan Kurtulmuş called for a region free of armed groups, including in Syria and Iraq.
He said steps were being taken to remove armed groups and that the process would move quickly.
Kurtulmuş said Syrian armed groups, including the PYD, YPG and KCK, should be integrated into the Syrian state.
He said a PKK-linked force of about 2,000 people in Iraq’s Sinjar region had accepted and begun integration into Iraqi security forces.
He described the peoples of the region as united and brothers despite efforts to set them against one another.
- Who
- Numan Kurtulmuş, speaker of Turkey’s parliament.
- What
- He called for a region free of armed groups and said integration processes were under way in Syria and Iraq.
- When
- October 26, 2026. The article does not give the date of his speech.
- Where
- At a meeting with civil society representatives in Batman, Turkey.
- Why
- He said a region free of armed groups was important alongside Turkey’s goal of a Turkey free of terrorism.
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Kurtulmuş said Iraq’s side had indicated that a process to integrate armed groups into the state would begin.
Kurtulmuş met civil society representatives in Batman and spoke about creating a region free of armed groups.
- Speaker
- Numan Kurtulmuş
- Meeting place
- Batman, Turkey
- Sinjar force
- About 2,000 people
- Integration target in Syria
- PYD, YPG and KCK
- Iraq process timing
- September end or early October
What people are saying
İnşallah Suriye'nin de Irak'ın da içinde olduğu bütün bölgede Allah'ın izniyle terör tamamıyla ortadan kalkacak ve terörsüz bir bölgeyi inşallah inşa edeceğiz
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