People's Defense Center (Navenda Parastina Gel-NPG) Headquarters Command made a statement after the PKK's ceasefire declaration. In the news published in Fırat News Agency (ANF), the statement reads: "In line with the historic call made by Leader Apo (Abdullah Öcalan), the ceasefire decision taken by our Party, the PKK, effective from March 1, 2025, applies to all our forces. All command units and relevant divisions must strictly adhere to our Party's ceasefire decision and fully comply with it.

 

Undoubtedly, in the face of potential attacks, our forces have the fundamental right to defend themselves and to respond within the framework of legitimate self-defense. Our forces also retain the right to retaliate against continuous attacks.

 

This decision applies not only to our main forces in Turkey and Bakurê (North) Kurdistan, but also to all structures, as well as to the special fedai (suicide squad) teams, all autonomous units, YPS (Civil Defense Units), MAK (Martyr Aziz Güler Units), and other self-defense units.

 

Everyone must comply with this decision. All relevant structures with autonomous operational capabilities must reposition themselves on a defensive basis within the framework of this decision. In this critical process, none of our forces should diminish their defense measures in any way and must strengthen defensive measures under all circumstances.

 

In this historic new phase, it is a fundamental duty for all HPG and affiliated units to act sensitively and responsibly to uphold a stance and struggle in line with Leader Apo's vision. Careful measures must be taken against possible provocative situations that may arise, and such situations must be handled with utmost caution.

 

We have full confidence that all comrades will approach this decision responsibly.

 

On this basis, we salute all command and fighter comrades and wish them great success."