Erdogan Announces Expectation of Positive Developments in Terror-Free Türkiye Initiative

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed optimism on Wednesday regarding Türkiye's ongoing efforts to rid the country of terrorism, specifically targeting the PKK terror group.

“We will have good news in the coming days,” Erdogan told the parliamentary group meeting of his Justice and Development Party (AK Party) on Wednesday, The Caspian Post reports, citing Turkish media.

The first batch of terrorists will reportedly lay down arms on Friday in Iraq, according to media reports.

"Terror-free Türkiye will not betray the memory of our martyrs. We are saving our country from a bloody shackling with terror-free Türkiye. After the wall of terrorism comes down, things will be different,” Erdogan said.

"Our friends and enemies will see that the sacrifice of our martyrs was not in vain when we achieved the terror-free Türkiye goal first and then, a terror-free region," he said, referring to soldiers who died fighting the PKK. On Sunday, 12 soldiers died after exposure to methane while combing a cave once occupied by the terrorist group in northern Iraq for the body of a soldier slain by the PKK in 2022.