The Kurdish issue is once again at the forefront of the Turkish political scene, this time through a proposal by Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party, regarding the dismantling of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). While this proposal may seem like a step towards a political solution, it once again highlights the deeper challenge: Can the Turkish state address the Kurdish issue from a political and social perspective rather than focusing solely on security and legal solutions?

The two raids on the southern suburbs of the neighborhoods of Al-Jamous and Maawad came within less than a week, after more than four months had passed since the endorsement of Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s government, which confirmed its commitment to applying the ceasefire mechanism by fully implementing the provisions of UN Resolution 1701, along with prior resolutions 1559 and 1680, and the Taif Agreement. Unfortunately, this further confirms that the “Party” continues to read from its Persian dictionary, complicating, rather than unraveling or facilitating, the understanding of the clauses in agreements it was reluctantly forced to comply with, interpreting them selectively since Resolution 425 in 1978, the Taif Agreement in 1989, Resolution 1559 in 2004, and the 1680 and 1701 resolutions in 2006, and of course, its “victorious” reading of the agreement its “resisting government” accepted on November 27, 2024.

Since the withdrawal of the Assad army from Lebanon, the resistance group has participated in the official government for one sole purpose: their narrow personal, service, and strategic interests, with no regard for what serves the higher interests of Lebanon and the Lebanese people.