The number of people joining the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has increased in the past six months since the peace process began, according to Siirt Gov. Ahmet Aydın.


Aydın, who met members of the press during a recent visit to the southeastern province by Eroupean Union Minister Egemen Bağış, told reporters that there had been “an increase in the number of people joining the organization.”

Aydın said that while the official numbers were around 35-40 new recruits, the unofficial numbers round up to 100 new members over the last six months.

“There are even those who say it’s around 2,000, or 2,500. Obviously you can’t give a number, but there has been an increase from the last year,” Aydın said.