Kurdistan Workers' Party
Kurdish nationalist and separatist armed organization
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Summary
Kurdistan Workers' Party is an armed organization[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of armed organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,031 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Turkey[3]
- Instance of: terrorist organization[4]
- Headquarters location: Silsilat Jibāl Qandīl[5], Kurdistan Region of Iraq[6]
- Child organization or unit: YDG-H[7]
- Commons category: PKK[8]
- SRGB color hex triplet: FF0000[9]
- Chairperson: Abdullah Öcalan[10], Cemil Bayık[11], Hülya Oran[12], Murat Karayılan[13]
- Inception: November 27, 1978[14]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: May 12, 2025[15]
- Location of formation: Ziyaret[16]
- Parent organization or unit: Koma Civakên Kurdistan[17]
- Official website: https://www.pkkonline.com[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kurdistan Workers' Party[19]
- Political ideology: Kurdish nationalism[20], democratic confederalism[21], Jineology[22], anti-capitalism[23], left-wing nationalism[24], democratic socialism[25], libertarian municipalism[26]
- Political alignment: far-left politics[27]
- Official name: Partiya Karkêren Kurdistan[28]
- Native label: Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan[29]
- Short name: PKK[30]
- Different from: Workers' Party[31]
- Designated as terrorist by: United States[32], United Kingdom[33], Australia[34], Azerbaijan[35], Canada[36], Czech Republic[37], Germany[38], Iran[39], Japan[40], Kazakhstan[41], Kyrgyzstan[42], Kingdom of the Netherlands[43], New Zealand[44], Syria[45]
Why It Matters
Kurdistan Workers' Party has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 114 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]