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 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 …

Oct 25, 2024 · A recent attack on the headquarters of a prominent defense company in the Turkish capital of Ankara has brought the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, back into focus.

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 …

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 …

6 days ago · Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), militant Kurdish nationalist organization founded by Abdullah Ocalan in the late 1970s. Although the group initially espoused demands for the …

Aug 9, 2024 · ‘Most Kurdistan Workers’ Party members are recruited from Kurdish areas in south-east Turkey. The group also recruits from the Kurdish population in Iraq, Syria, Iran, and the …

Jul 13, 2023 · The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê or PKK) emerged in the late 1970s as a Marxist-Leninist insurgency with aspirations of Kurdish independence from …

Jan 22, 2025 · 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 …

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 …