The PKK has been martyring our soldiers and other citizens, making no exceptions for women and children, since 1984.<br /><br /> In the more than 80,000 terror attacks it has perpetrated to date, it has cost the lives of more than 40,000 of our citizens.<br /><br /> Now, however, there is the claim that, ‘The PKK will lay down its arms.’ Will it really lay them down?<br /><br /> The answer to that is clear. No. The PKK will not give up its arms.<br /><br /> The PKK is a Marxist-Leninist, Stalinist terror organization. Weapons are the reason for its existence. Without its weapons, there is no PKK.<br /><br /> Therefore, the PKK will never disarm without changing its ideology and its mindset.<br /><br /> This is not the first time t hat the idea of the PKK laying down its arms has been on the agenda; the PKK has declared numerous ceasefires before and announced that it is laying down its weapons, as a tactic to gain time. None of these declarations were sincere. <br /><br /> All the PKK’s declarations of ceasefires and calls
