The Kurdistan Workers' Party [a] or PKK (Kurdish: Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê) is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla group which is primarily based in the mountainous Kurdish-majority regions of southeastern …

1 天前 · The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is a militant Kurdish nationalist organization founded by Abdullah Öcalan in the late 1970s. Although the group initially espoused demands for the establishment of an independent Kurdish state, its stated aims were later tempered to calls for greater Kurdish autonomy.

2013年1月10日 · In the 1990s, the PKK rolled back on its demands for an independent state, calling instead for more autonomy for the Kurds. Who are the Kurds? The spotlight is now on Turkey's pro-Kurdish...

2025年2月27日 · What is the PKK? 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 country. Over time, the objective evolved into a campaign for autonomy and rights for Kurds within Turkey.

3 天之前 · The PKK is an outcome of structural problems arising from the longstanding oppression and marginalisation of Kurds in Turkey, and addressing these root causes is essential for achieving lasting peace.

1 天前 · The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, which holds sway in much of northeastern Syria, recently signed a landmark deal with the new government in Damascus that includes a ceasefire and eventual merging of the SDF into the Syrian army. Meanwhile, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey that ...

2024年10月25日 · Who is the PKK and what do they strive for? The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Turkish defense company TUSAS in Ankara, according to the Kurdish...

2025年3月10日 · Modern Turkish history is riddled with Kurdish uprisings. The PKK represents the latest and longest-lasting iteration of this challenge, and many obstacles will have to be navigated before the PKK can go down in history as the first Kurdish armed movement to end at the behest of its founding leader.

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 Kurdistan. The group aims to gain control of Kurdish areas of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey to advance Kurdish rights and recognition.

2024年11月27日 · Seven people have now been arrested by counter-terrorism police in London for suspected activity linked to the banned militant group, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The Metropolitan Police said...