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 …

Jan 23, 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 …

PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) is the armed organization aiming to proclaim a state in the area extending from the east and southeast of Turkey to the north of Iraq and from the northeast …

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 …

Oct 19, 2007 · Advocating for greater Kurdish autonomy through violent resistance, the Kurdistan Workers Party remains a vibrant militant presence on the border of northern Iraq and southern …

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 …

Abdullah Öcalan founded the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey in 1978.1 While the PKK’s manifesto “...explicitly called for the creation of an independent Kurdish state,” the group …

Sep 16, 2018 · The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has seen a resurgence across the Middle East in recent years. Buoyed by a renewed Kurdish national identity and capitalizing on …

Abdullah Öcalan founded the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey [1] in 1978.17While the PKK’s manifesto “...explicitly called for the creation of an independent Kurdish state,” the …

A group of radical Kurdish students led by Abdullah Öcalan in Turkey formed the militant separatist group called Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan (PKK), or Kurdistan Workers’ Party in English.