Kurdistan Workers’ Party

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Kurdish nationalist organization insurgent group militant organization political organization

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is a Kurdish militant and political organization, founded in the late 1970s, that has waged an armed insurgency against the Turkish state seeking greater Kurdish autonomy and rights.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
PKK 10
Kurdistan Workers’ Party canonical 6
Kurdistan Workers' Party 4

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kurdish nationalist organization ⓘ
insurgent group ⓘ
militant organization ⓘ
political organization ⓘ
abbreviation Kurdistan Workers’ Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: PKK
armedWing People’s Defense Forces ⓘ
ceasefireHistory has declared multiple unilateral ceasefires with Turkey ⓘ
coFounder Cemil Bayık ⓘ
Haki Karer ⓘ
Kesire Yıldırım ⓘ
Mazlum Doğan ⓘ
conflict Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Turkey ⓘ
designatedAsTerroristOrganizationBy European Union ⓘ
NATO ⓘ
surface form: NATO (as an organization list via member states)

Turkey ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
detainedBy Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Turkey
formerGoal independent socialist Kurdistan ⓘ
foundedIn Turkey ⓘ
founder Abdullah Öcalan ⓘ
foundingDate 1978 ⓘ
goal greater Kurdish autonomy in Turkey ⓘ
recognition of Kurdish cultural and political rights ⓘ
headquartersLocation Qandil Mountains ⓘ
ideology Kurdish nationalism ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
surface form: Marxism–Leninism (historical)

democratic confederalism (contemporary influence) ⓘ
left-wing nationalism ⓘ
imprisonedLeader Abdullah Öcalan ⓘ
leader Abdullah Öcalan ⓘ
nativeLanguage Kurdish ⓘ
nativeName Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê ⓘ
notableEvent capture of Abdullah Öcalan in 1999 ⓘ
politicalPosition left-wing ⓘ
politicalWingOrAffiliates Peoples’ Democratic Party (alleged links, disputed) ⓘ
primaryAreaOfOperation northern Iraq ⓘ
northern Syria ⓘ
southeastern Turkey ⓘ
primaryEthnicBase Kurds ⓘ
primaryOpposingParty Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Turkey
relatedOrganization Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) ⓘ
surface form: Kurdistan Communities Union

Kurdistan Freedom Hawks ⓘ
surface form: Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (alleged offshoot)
shortName Kurdistan Workers’ Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: PKK
startOfInsurgency 1984 ⓘ
status active ⓘ
usesTactics armed attacks ⓘ
bombings ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kurdish–Turkish conflict → primaryParty → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
Kurdish–Turkish conflict → primaryParty → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: PKK
Kurdish–Turkish conflict → primaryParty → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
İmralı Island → associatedWith → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
PYD → influencedBy → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Workers Party
PYD → linkedTo → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: PKK
PYD → linkedTo → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Workers Party
Kurdistan Workers’ Party → shortName → Kurdistan Workers’ Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: PKK
Kurdistan Workers’ Party → abbreviation → Kurdistan Workers’ Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: PKK
Kurdish Hezbollah (Turkey) → opposedTo → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
Kurdish Hezbollah (Turkey) → armedConflictWith → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
Kurdistan Freedom Hawks → allegedAffiliation → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Workers' Party
TAK → deniedControlBy → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: PKK
TAK → distinguishedFrom → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: PKK
People’s Defence Forces (HPG) → armedWingOf → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
subject surface form: People’s Defence Forces
People’s Defence Forces (HPG) → armedWingOf → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
subject surface form: People’s Defence Forces
this entity surface form: PKK
People’s Defence Forces (HPG) → partOf → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
subject surface form: People’s Defence Forces
People’s Defence Forces (HPG) → associatedOrganization → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
subject surface form: People’s Defence Forces
People’s Defence Forces (HPG) → politicalWing → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
subject surface form: People’s Defence Forces
Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) → associatedWith → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Kurdistan Communities Union
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Workers' Party
Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) → associatedWith → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Kurdistan Communities Union
this entity surface form: PKK
Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) → hasComponent → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Kurdistan Communities Union
this entity surface form: PKK
Village guard system (Turkey) → primaryOpponents → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
Democratic Union Party → alliesWith → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Workers' Party
Operation Olive Branch → claimedAdversary → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: PKK
Operation Olive Branch → relatedTo → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Workers' Party
Nationalist Movement Party → opposes → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
Kurdish militias → include → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Workers' Party armed wing
Kurdish militias → include → Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan armed wing