People’s Defense Forces

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The People’s Defense Forces are the military wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), conducting guerrilla operations primarily in Kurdish regions of Turkey and neighboring areas.

All labels observed (2)

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed group ⓘ
military wing ⓘ
alliedWith elements of broader Kurdish movement ⓘ
armedWingOf Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
PKK ⓘ
associatedOrganization Kurdistan Communities Union ⓘ
associatedPoliticalContext Kurdish question in Turkey ⓘ
claimsToRepresent Kurdish people in Turkey ⓘ
commandStructure under leadership of PKK ⓘ
conflict Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ
conflictType internal armed conflict in Turkey ⓘ
designationByTurkey terrorist organization (as part of PKK) ⓘ
engagesIn armed struggle ⓘ
military operations ⓘ
formationType non-state armed group ⓘ
goal defense of Kurdish populations ⓘ
greater autonomy for Kurds ⓘ
hasCombatantsFrom Kurdish population ⓘ
ideology Kurdish nationalism ⓘ
left-wing politics ⓘ
nativeName Hêzên Parastina Gel ⓘ
linked to: Hezen Parastina Gel
operatesIn Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
operationalEnvironment mountainous terrain ⓘ
opponent Government of Turkey ⓘ
Turkish Armed Forces ⓘ
opposes Turkish security forces ⓘ
partOf Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
politicalWing Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
primaryAreaOfOperations Kurdish regions of Turkey ⓘ
primaryLanguage Kurdish ⓘ
recruitmentBase Kurdish diaspora ⓘ
Kurdish regions of Turkey ⓘ
region Kurdistan ⓘ
secondaryLanguage Turkish ⓘ
shortName HPG ⓘ
status non-state armed actor ⓘ
trainingLocations rural and mountainous camps ⓘ
typeOfConflict asymmetric warfare ⓘ
uses improvised explosive devices ⓘ
light artillery ⓘ
small arms ⓘ
usesTactics guerrilla warfare ⓘ
insurgency ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Kurdistan Workers’ Party → armedWing → People’s Defense Forces ⓘ
HPG → fullName → People’s Defense Forces ⓘ
HPG → nameMeaning → People’s Defense Forces ⓘ
Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê → hasArmedWing → People’s Defense Forces (HPG) ⓘ
linked to: People’s Defense Forces