The Self-Defense Units (Yekîneyên Parastina Cewherî-YPC) announced that they would adhere to the ceasefire declared by the PKK on March 1 following Abdullah Öcalan’s call on February 27.

“The historic statement made by Leader Apo [Abdullah Öcalan] on February 27, 2025 declares that our struggle has entered a new phase,” said the written statement released by the YPC on Tuesday.

“We embrace this process initiated by our leader with great consciousness and determination, and together with all our units, we announce to the public that we will adhere with absolute discipline to the ceasefire decision taken by our Party Center, the PKK Executive Committee, as of March 1, 2025,” the YPC stated. 

“This decision is a strategic step on the path to freedom. The main task of every comrade is to strengthen and raise this process,” said the YPC and continued:

 “Our Leader and our Party are carrying out a historic process with the responsibility of building the free future of our peoples. With this awareness, we will show absolute commitment to the PKK Executive Council's call for inaction for all our units. As Yekîneyên Parastina Cewherî (Self-Defense Units), we will fully comply with the ceasefire decision and meet the strategic move of our Leader with a strong stance in the field.

We will carry out this process with discipline, commitment and organizational consciousness within the framework determined by our Party, and we will shape the path to freedom in line with the perspective of our Leader.

Based on the statement by the People's Defense Center (HSM) to which we are affiliated, we will act within the specified framework and reserve our right to retaliate against continuous attacks.”