Political Scientist Prof. Dr. Timuçin Kodaman evaluates Öcalan's letter

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Stating that it is very hasty to get caught up in an overly positive atmosphere immediately and make statements like "we have solved the issue" or "the terror problem is resolved," Kodaman said, "A very positive atmosphere was also created during the first peace process. But in the end, we had nearly 800 martyrs in the 'Trench Wars.' How will these be forgotten in society? We need to see what the public's sociological reaction will be. If they think they will convince the public through the press, we will wait and see whether the Turkish people will be convinced."
Here are those statements...

We are in a process that began with Devlet Bahçeli's statements in Parliament on October 22, 2024, and continued with Öcalan's statements on February 27, 2025. Öcalan's statements emerged as, in Bahçeli's words, "the PKK should lay down its arms and dissolve itself."
The statements of terrorist leader Abdullah Öcalan are hidden in the note mentioned by Sırrı Süreyya Önder. He says that laying down arms and dissolving the PKK must be evaluated with legal and political consequences. What these legal and political consequences or openings are is what matters! Because everyone remembers the previous peace process. In the end, we had nearly 800 martyrs in the Trench Wars. How far will this go?

On the other hand, Öcalan only called on the PKK, which has lost its ability to carry out actions in Turkey, to lay down its arms, but he did not make a call to the KCK, YPG, or SDF. This is also noteworthy...

Another point of interest here is the new Constitution process... Especially with the return of Serap Özbudun, who was one of the key actors during the 2010 Constitutional Referendum process and later joined the AKP, to the AKP, we need to see what a new Constitution and the legal and political consequences mentioned by terrorist leader Abdullah Öcalan might look like within it.

How effective will Öcalan be? The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said, "It does not concern us." There are statements from Talabani in northern Iraq, and statements from the Barzani group. We read sentences like "We will help." These could also mean that a group within another state is interfering in our internal affairs. These are not very bright situations. We will see how far this will be taken with the new Constitution process. Is this just, as the government previously stated, 'there are 70-80 terrorists left inside, is it just about them laying down their arms,' or are we getting rid of this issue entirely?

We also need to see the results of terrorist leader Abdullah Öcalan's note that "we will see the legal and political consequences." However, if we take the position from the first peace process, and if we consider the letters of Abdullah Öcalan and Osman Öcalan published on TRT during the 2019 local elections, how much will the terrorist organization listen, how much will Qandil listen, will they hold a congress and dissolve? What does it mean to dissolve? Will they dissolve and switch to another name? These are questions waiting for answers...

We know the structure in northern Syria. The YPG became the SDF. The SDF said regarding terrorist leader Öcalan's statements, "It does not concern us." We have no choice but to wait and see. I do not see this as a very bright situation in this form either.
Are the person you take as an interlocutor and the poses given appropriate within a state of law? These can be discussed separately.

There is Efkan Ala's statement, he says, "Let it be dissolved." We need to see whose wishes the democratic and political proposals will be based on. Will the Republic of Turkey, which is a nation-state and a republic, lose its nation-state character, or will it continue as a nation-state?
There were statements from the DEM Party regarding bilingual education. These are not things compatible with a nation-state and the Constitution of the Republic of Turkey!

We will see how the members of the terrorist organization in Europe, Syria, and Iraq, who do not want to leave their comfort zones, will behave, and how the various groups within this organization will be in contact with which Western intelligence agencies, and how the intelligence agencies of states will approach the incident.

The PKK may dissolve itself. But could ten more PKKs emerge separately? We need to see all of this. There are sentences like "we have solved the issue" and "the terror problem is resolved" by getting caught up in an overly positive atmosphere immediately. These are very hasty. During the first peace process, this process was also promoted by the government with a very positive atmosphere. But in the end, we had nearly 800 martyrs in the 'Trench Wars'! How will these be forgotten in society? We need to see what the public's sociological reaction will be. If they think they will convince the public through the press, we will wait and see whether the Turkish people will be convinced!

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