Editorial: El País

• The PKK, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, has announced its willingness to a ceasefire and even its possible disarmament, a historic news in four decades of conflict with the Republic of Turkey.
• The conflict between the Kurds and the Turks is complicated by divisions within the PKK and the Turkish government's refusal to guarantee political rights to the Kurds.
• Turkish repression of the Kurds has included the criminalization of the language and culture, the imprisonment of politicians, and the restriction of fundamental freedoms.
• Adding to the tension, Turkey's hostility towards the Kurds has been aggravated by the increasing influence of the Kurds in Iraq and Syria, with Ankara considering Kurdish militias an extension of the PKK.
• Ankara's military intervention in northern Syria has exacerbated the situation, increasing repression within its own territory and contributing to the destabilization of the region.

Conclusion: Despite the challenges, the possibility of resolving the Kurdish conflict is positive news for the region and should be met with pragmatism by Erdogan, who needs to guarantee the rights of the Kurdish minority to end one of the area's most entrenched conflicts.

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