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Kurdistan Workers' Party

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla group primarily based in the mountainous Kurdish-majority regions of southeastern Turkey, northern Iraq and north-eastern Syria. It was founded in Ziyaret, Lice, on 27 November 1978 and was involved in asymmetric warfare in the Kurdistan Workers' Party…

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Founded
27 November 1978
Headquarters
Qandil Mountains, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Allegiance
Kurdistan Communities Union (since 2005) · Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement (2016–2025)
Dissolved
To be determined[a]
Groups
People's Defence Forces (2000–2025) · Free Women's Units (2004–2025) · Civil Defense Units (2015–2025) · Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (2006–2015)
Ideology
Kurdish nationalism (disputed) · Democratic confederalism · Libertarian socialism · Progressivism · Anti-capitalism

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related to Further reading · 35
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Leaders · 18
Kurdistan Workers' Party → Abdullah Öcalan (POW), Ali Haydar Kaytan †⟂, Bahoz Erdal, Besê Hozat, Celal Başkale †⟂, Cemîl Bayik, Duran Kalkan, Haki Karer †⟂, Kani Yilmaz †⟂, Kemal Pir (POW), Mahsum Korkmaz †⟂, Mazlum Doğan (POW), Murat Karayılan, Mustafa Karasu, Nizamettin Taş, Nuriye Kesbir, Osman Öcalan #, Şemdin Sakık (POW)
Wars · 13
Kurdistan Workers' Party → .mw-parser-output div.treelist{display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .treelist ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treelist li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style:none;position:rel…, 1982 Lebanon War, 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict, Eastern Syria insurgency, Iraqi-Kurdish conflict War in Iraq (2013–2017) 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict, Israel–PKK conflict Lebanese Civil War 1982 Lebanon War, Kurdish Civil War, Kurdish Hezbollah insurgency, Kurdistan Region–PKK conflict Kurdish Civil War, Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency Kurdish Hezbollah insurgency, Lebanese Civil War 1982 Lebanon War, Syrian Civil War Eastern Syria insurgency, War in Iraq (2013–2017) 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
Ideology · 10
Kurdistan Workers' Party → Anti-capitalism, Anti-imperialism, Communalism, Democratic confederalism, Jineology, Kurdish nationalism (disputed), Libertarian socialism, Maoism, Marxism–Leninism, Progressivism
Groups · 4
Kurdistan Workers' Party → Civil Defense Units (2015–2025), Free Women's Units (2004–2025), Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (2006–2015), People's Defence Forces (2000–2025)
Allegiance · 2
Kurdistan Workers' Party → Kurdistan Communities Union (since 2005), Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement (2016–2025)
Dissolved · 1
Kurdistan Workers' Party → To be determined[a]
Founded · 1
Kurdistan Workers' Party → 27 November 1978
Headquarters · 1
Kurdistan Workers' Party → Qandil Mountains, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Political position · 1
Kurdistan Workers' Party → Far-left

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pkk turkish kurdish turkey organization kurdistan also party government iraq support öcalan kurds state military terrorist political would group syria

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Kurdistan Workers' PartyAllegianceKurdistan Communities Union (since 2005)1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyAllegiancePeoples' United Revolutionary Movement (2016–2025)1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyDissolvedTo be determined[a]1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyFounded27 November 19781.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyGroupsPeople's Defence Forces (2000–2025)1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyGroupsFree Women's Units (2004–2025)1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyGroupsCivil Defense Units (2015–2025)1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyGroupsPatriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (2006–2015)1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyHeadquartersQandil Mountains, Kurdistan Region, Iraq1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyIdeologyKurdish nationalism (disputed)1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyIdeologyDemocratic confederalism1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyIdeologyLibertarian socialism1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyIdeologyProgressivism1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyIdeologyAnti-capitalism1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyIdeologyAnti-imperialism1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyIdeologyCommunalism1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyIdeologyJineology1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyIdeologyMarxism–Leninism1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyIdeologyMaoism1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyLeadersAbdullah Öcalan (POW)1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyLeadersMurat Karayılan1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyLeadersCemîl Bayik1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyLeadersDuran Kalkan1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyLeadersŞemdin Sakık (POW)1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyLeadersNizamettin Taş1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyLeadersMahsum Korkmaz †⟂1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyLeadersBesê Hozat1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyLeadersBahoz Erdal1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyLeadersAli Haydar Kaytan †⟂1.00infobox
Kurdistan Workers' PartyLeadersHaki Karer †⟂1.00infobox

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