Calling on the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) to support a new constitution, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, “Come, let’s join forces. We want a new constitution not for ourselves but for our country.”

For 31 years, Menekşe Aydınlar has been searching for her missing son. "Peace can only come with justice," she says. "Justice doesn't come through silence or forgetting – it comes through speaking out and remembering. We haven't forgotten. We haven't forgiven."

The Human Rights Association (İHD), commemorating those who lost their lives in the Circassian genocide, called for "the recognition of all collective rights of the Circassian people, along with all other distinct identities living in Turkey, to build social peace."

Higher Education Council (YÖK) President Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar announced the signing of a comprehensive cooperation protocol to establish a Turkey-Syria University in either Damascus or Aleppo.

Peace Mothers' Assembly Havva Kıran called for "No more funerals, let the tears of Turkish and Kurdish mothers stop".

Bülent Tekbıyıkoğlu, has been transferred to the center by the Interior Ministry. Tekbıyıkoğlu was replaced by his deputy Ertuğrul Aslan.

The court lifted the travel ban on Turan and Aras and granted their request to be exempt from hearings. The next hearing is on September 23.

A third wave operation was conducted in the corruption investigation against the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality. A detention warrant was issued for 22 people, including Taner Çetin, head of the municipality's Press, Publications and Public Relations Department.

Turkish intelligence will oversee the PKK's disarmament process, the president has said.

“To fully disarm, we must also trust the state," said Murat Karayılan, a senior member of the militant group that declared its disbanding.

The imprisoned PKK leader had called on the group to disband in late February.

“While the dark shadow of a chain reaction of wars and conflicts continues to dominate humanity and geographies, the rise of peace and stability in the Turkish Century represents a tremendous historical shift,” said Bahçeli.

“The state is not managing this process on the basis of any negotiations related to the terrorist organization’s disbanding and disarmament," says the Communications Directorate.

Bakırhan and Buldan believe the militant group's move could pave the way for Turkey's democratization.

The communications director and the justice minister hailed the PKK's decision as a success of the government's push for a "terror-free Turkey."

We are publishing the Kurdistan Workers' Party's declaration following its congress held between May 5-7.

As part of a new peace initiative, PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan called on the group to disband in late February.

The question they ask is, could this or that gathering lead to a revolt, however small it is.

The PKK has announced that it held a congress but has yet to disclose its outcome. The group’s leader Abdullah Öcalan in late February called on the PKK to lay down arms to end 40 years of armed insurgency.

Önder, who died of a cardiac issue on May 3, reportedly faced a sabotage attempt involving his car last month. Speculation has risen that he may have been targeted due to his involvement in the ongoing Kurdish peace initiative.