Kurdistan Workers' Party - Wikipedia
The Kurdistan Workers' Party [a] or PKK is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement which historically operated throughout Kurdistan but is now primarily …
Who are Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels? - BBC News
Jan 10, 2013 · The spotlight is now on Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition party, People's Democracy (HDP), whose joint leaders Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag were arrested early on …
Conflict Between Turkey and Armed Kurdish Groups
Aug 8, 2023 · The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), established by Abdullah Ocalan in 1978, has waged an insurgency since 1984 against Turkish authorities for greater cultural and political …
Kurdistan Workers’ Party | Kurdish Militancy, History & Ideology ...
Jan 16, 2025 · Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), militant Kurdish nationalist organization founded by Abdullah Ocalan in the late 1970s. Although the group initially espoused demands for the …
Examining Extremism: Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) - CSIS
Jul 13, 2023 · The Transnational Threats Project's Examining Extremism series provides an overview and assessment of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, a nationalist insurgency that has a …
Turkey's pro-Kurdish party to meet jailed PKK leader again …
3 days ago · Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party said it will send a delegation to meet Abdullah Ocalan, head of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in jail on Wednesday for a …
National Counterterrorism Center | FTOs - DNI
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), also known as Kongra-Gel, is a militant Marxist-Leninist Kurdish separatist group established in 1978 with the goal of creating a unified, independent …
What to know about the latest effort to bring an end to Turkey's …
Jan 13, 2025 · The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has waged an armed insurgency against Turkey since 1984, initially with the aim of establishing a Kurdish state in the southeast of the …
History of the Kurdistan Workers' Party - Wikipedia
The history of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) began in 1974 as a Marxist–Leninist organization under the leadership of Abdullah Öcalan. [1] In 1978 the organization adopted the …
Türkiye’s PKK Conflict: A Visual Explainer | Crisis Group
In July 2015, a two-and-a-half year long ceasefire broke down, Türkiye’s fight against militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) – recognised as a terrorist organisation by Türkiye, the …