Turkey. The main rebel group is the Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK, which was founded on November 27, 1978, and started a full-scale insurgency on August...
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The Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency is an armed conflict between the Republic of Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party, as well as its allied insurgent...
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at resolving the long-running conflict. The conflict between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) broke out again in summer 2015 following two-year-long...
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The Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement which historically operated throughout Kurdistan...
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Kurdish–Turkish conflict (redirect from Insurgency in Turkish Kurdistan)
İzmir and Mersin. Timeline of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–2015) Timeline of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present) Kurdistan Region-PKK conflict...
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movement Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Democratic Union Party (PYD), Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), and Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party (PÇDK)...
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list of assassinations of the Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency, usually carried out by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) or the security forces of Turkey...
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guerrilla war against the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This included the 1979–1983 Kurdish insurgency, its 1989–1996 insurgency and recent clashes...
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The history of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) began in 1974 as a Marxist–Leninist organization under the leadership of Abdullah Öcalan. In 1978 the...
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later Bolshevik Party (North Kurdistan-Turkey). This was neither the first nor the last split in the party. The Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist...
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joined Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) formations fighting in northern Iraq in defence of the Yezidi minority of Sinjar. List of illegal political parties in...
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negotiations between the Turkish government and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The party operates a co-presidential system of leadership, with one...
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The Communist Party of Kurdistan (Kurdish: Partiya Komunistê Kurdistan; Turkish: Kürdistan Komünist Partisi; abbreviated KKP) is a banned political party...
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accuse the party of being the political branch of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey. The Peoples'...
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resettlements were not reversed by al Assad. In 1978, north of the rail line, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was founded by Abdullah Öcalan, seeking...
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Islamic Party of Kurdistan (Kurdish: Partiya Îslamiya Kurdistan) is a Kurdish (Sunni) Islamist organisation established in 1979 and led-by Muhammad Salih...
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Operation Hammer (1997) (redirect from 1997 Iraqi Kurdistan War)
the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The operation's objectives were to destroy PKK units in northern Iraq, to strengthen Massoud Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic...
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Abdullah Öcalan (category Members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party)
member of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Öcalan was based in Syria from 1979 to 1998. He helped found the PKK in 1978, and led it into the Kurdish–Turkish...
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Kurdistan Democratic Party/North or Türkiye Kürdistan Demokrat Partisi (TKDP), or Partiya Demokrata Kurdistana Turkiye (PDK-T) (Turkish: Kürdistan Demokrat...
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Since 1978, the conflict between Republic of Turkey and various Kurdish insurgent groups, especially Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) caused deaths of 40,000...
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Since 1978, the conflict between Republic of Turkey and various Kurdish insurgent groups, especially Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) caused deaths of 40,000...
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of operations in Northern Iraq against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). More than 37,000 people have been killed in the conflict since 1984. The operations...
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The DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey refers to the Marxist–Leninist insurgency waged by the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C) against the...
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with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to the public and promoting the negotiations. Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç announced the list of "wise...
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led to the Anfal campaign, which led to bigger and more successful revolts. In 1978, the PKK was formed and the Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency began...
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Operation Claw-Lock (category History of the Kurdistan Workers' Party)
operation of the Turkish Armed Forces in northern Iraq. The operation was taking place in the Duhok Governorate against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)...
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The Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan (Kurdish: Partiya Şoreşa Kurdistan (PŞK), Turkish: Kürdistan Devrim Partisi) is an illegal political party active...
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Civil Protection Units (category Kurdistan Workers' Party)
force in Turkish Kurdistan. The YPS was formed by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to better organize and train the youth fighters in the Patriotic Revolutionary...
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Duran Kalkan (category Members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party)
commander of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Duran Kalkan, Murat Karayılan and Cemil Bayık, the three current leaders of the PKK, are wanted by the United...
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Operation Dawn (1997) (category History of the Kurdistan Workers' Party)
against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), following Operation Hammer earlier the same year. Turkey announced fatalities of a total of 31 personnel of 3 commissioned...
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