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Bookmark or Share- History of the Kurdistan Workers' Party - WikipediaThe 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 name "Kurdistan Workers Party" and waged its low-level Urban War in Turkish Kurdistan between 1978 and 1980.
- Türkiye’s PKK Conflict: A Visual Explainer | Crisis GroupIn 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 U.S. and the European Union – entered one of its deadliest chapters in nearly four decades.
- Who are Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels? - BBC NewsAFP. A PKK fighter training at a camp near Diana in northern Iraq. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has been a thorn in Turkey's side for decades. The group, which has Marxist-Leninist...
- Kurdistan Workers’ Party | Kurdish Militancy, History & IdeologyApr. 22, 2024, 1:33 PM ET (AP) Kurdish separatists and water issues loom large in long-awaited visit of Turkey's Erdogan to Iraq. Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), militant Kurdish nationalist organization founded by Abdullah (“Apo”) Öcalan in the late 1970s.
- Kurdistan Workers' Party - WikipediaThe Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement which historically operated throughout Kurdistan but is now primarily based in the mountainous Kurdish-majority regions of southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq.
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