Although the government had hoped that the law would pave the way for the surrender and return home of Kurdish militants still hiding in the mountains, most of the 2,238 people who have applied for amnesty are currently in prison. Since the law was passed, 1,280 members of the illegal Kurdish Worker's Party (PKK), now known as KADEK, have sought pardons.
Iako se vlada nadala kako će se zakonom utrti put predaji i povratku kućama kurdskih militanata koji se jos uvijek skrivaju u planinama, većina od 2. 238 osoba koje su podnijele zahtjev za oprostom trenutačno se nalazi u zatvoru. Od kada je zakon usvojen, oprost je zatrazilo 1. 280 članova ilegalne Kurdistanske radničke stranke (PKK), koja je promijenila naziv u KADEK.