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Kurdistan Workers' Party |
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Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)Militant Kurdish nationalist organization. Founded in 1978, the group sought to establish an independent Kurdish state in southeastern Turkey. It attacked Turkish interests and fellow Kurds suspected of collaboration with the Turkish government, often from bases in Iraq and Syria. The group's leader, Abdullah Öcalan, was arrested by Turkey in 1999 and was thereafter tried and convicted of treason. See also Kurd. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The PKK was, after all, occasionally supported by some Kurdish groups in Iraq. There is also an incredibly beautiful portrait by Rita Leistner of the Iranian-Kurdish wife of a leader of the PKK Kurdish separatist group. While Sabihe's desire to maintain a low profile is understandable given the hardships of having lived through the PKK (Kudistan Workers' Party) insurgency, the family house stands incongruously in front of a schoolyard. |
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