Kurdish Hezbollah (Turkey)

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Islamist militant organization Kurdish militant group non-state armed group

Kurdish Hezbollah (Turkey) is an Islamist Kurdish militant organization in Turkey known for its violent activities and involvement in the broader Kurdish–Turkish conflict.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Hezbollah in Turkey	1
Kurdish Hezbollah (Turkey) canonical	1
Turkish Hezbollah	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamist militant organization ⓘ Kurdish militant group ⓘ non-state armed group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Kurdish Hezbollah (Turkey) ⓘ surface form: Hezbollah in Turkey Kurdish Hezbollah (Turkey) ⓘ surface form: Turkish Hezbollah
armedConflictWith	Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ surface form: Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Turkish security forces ⓘ
armedWing	Hezbollah militants in Turkey ⓘ
becameActive	1980s ⓘ
conflict	Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ
countryOfOperation	Turkey ⓘ
ethnicOrientation	Kurdish ⓘ
experiencedCrackdownBy	Turkish Armed Forces (Gendarmerie and Coast Guard) ⓘ surface form: Turkish security forces
foundedIn	late 1970s ⓘ
fundingSource	support networks in Kurdish communities ⓘ
hasDesignation	terrorist organization (by Turkish authorities) ⓘ
hasSuccessor	Hüda-Par (Free Cause Party) political milieu (contested link) ⓘ
ideology	Islamism ⓘ Sunni Islamism ⓘ
knownFor	armed attacks ⓘ political violence ⓘ violent activities ⓘ
languageUsed	Kurdish ⓘ Turkish ⓘ
notableEvent	large-scale operations against the group by Turkish authorities in 2000 ⓘ
operatesIn	Middle East ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
opposedTo	Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ surface form: Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) secular Kurdish nationalism ⓘ
organizationalStructure	cell-based ⓘ
politicalGoal	Islamization of Kurdish society in Turkey ⓘ establishment of an Islamic order ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Kurdish-populated areas of Turkey ⓘ Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ surface form: Southeastern Turkey
religiousOrientation	Islamist ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ
status	severely weakened by state crackdowns ⓘ
target	Government of Turkey ⓘ surface form: Turkish state officials civilians ⓘ rival Kurdish groups ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	clandestine organization ⓘ
usesTactic	armed clashes ⓘ assassinations ⓘ kidnappings ⓘ torture ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Kurdish–Turkish conflict → primaryParty → Kurdish Hezbollah (Turkey) ⓘ

Kurdish Hezbollah (Turkey) → alsoKnownAs → Kurdish Hezbollah (Turkey) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkish Hezbollah

Kurdish Hezbollah (Turkey) → alsoKnownAs → Kurdish Hezbollah (Turkey) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hezbollah in Turkey