Turkish lawmakers panel backs peace reforms, but ties legal steps to Kurdish militant disarmament

Orientul Mijlociu

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish parliamentary committee on Wednesday recommended a series of reforms to advance a new peace initiative with the militant Kurdistan Workers’ Party , or PKK, while stressing that legal steps should be tied to state security institutions verifying that the group has surrendered its weapons. The recommendations, which were overwhelmingly approved by the National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy Commission , calls for a temporary legal measure to reintegrate PKK