
Nezahat Teke lost her daughter to the Kurdish resistance, Pakize Akbaba lost her son in the fight against the PKK. Now the authoritarian Turkish government wants peace in the country.
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The decades-long conflict between the Turkish government and the PKK has claimed numerous victims on both sides. The government is currently making efforts to initiate a new peace process.
PKK peace process in Turkey One saw her daughter burn, the other had to bury her son: Can these mothers find peace?
Nezahat Teke lost her daughter to the Kurdish resistance, Pakize Akbaba lost her son in the fight against the PKK. Now the authoritarian Turkish government wants peace in the country. But the path to reconciliation is risky.
Şebnem Arsu and Anna-Sophie Schneider report from Diyarbakır and Istanbul • October 6, 2026, 2:23 p.m
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