Kurdistan Workers' Party

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf militant
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:PKK
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Kurdistan_Communities_Union_(KCK)
gptkb:Kurdistan_Free_Life_Party_(PJAK)
gptkb:Kurdistan_Women's_Liberation_Party_(PAJK)
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:People's_Protection_Units_(YPG)
gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces_(SDF)
gptkbp:armedStruggleStart 1984
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Kurdish–Turkish_conflict
gptkbp:countryOfOperation gptkb:Iran
gptkb:Iraq
gptkb:Syria
gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:flag Flag of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.svg
gptkbp:founded 1978
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Abdullah_Öcalan
gptkbp:goal autonomy for Kurds in Turkey
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Qandil_Mountains
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kurdistan Workers' Party
gptkbp:ideology gptkb:Marxism–Leninism
Kurdish nationalism
democratic confederalism
gptkbp:language Kurdish
Turkish
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Abdullah_Öcalan
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Partiya_Karkerên_Kurdistanê
gptkbp:notableEvent armed insurgency since 1984
capture of Abdullah Öcalan in 1999
ceasefire agreements with Turkish government
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Cemil_Bayık
gptkb:Duran_Kalkan
gptkb:Fehman_Huseyin
gptkb:Murat_Karayılan
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Northern_Iraq
gptkb:Southeastern_Turkey
gptkb:Northwestern_Iran
Northern Syria
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Serxwebûn
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant_(ISIL)
gptkb:Turkish_Armed_Forces
gptkb:Turkish_government
gptkb:Kurdistan_Democratic_Party_(KDP)
gptkbp:politicalWing gptkb:Kurdistan_Communities_Union_(KCK)
gptkbp:relatedOrganization gptkb:Kurdistan_Communities_Union_(KCK)
gptkb:Democratic_Union_Party_(PYD)
gptkb:People's_Protection_Units_(YPG)
gptkbp:status designated terrorist organization by European Union
designated terrorist organization by United States
designated terrorist organization by Turkey
not designated terrorist organization by United Nations
gptkbp:website https://pkk-online.com
gptkbp:women's_wing gptkb:People's_Defense_Forces_(HPG)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kurdish_independence_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5