Kurdistan Workers' Party

Summary

Kurdistan Workers' Party is an armed organization^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of armed_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,826 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kurdistan Workers' Party is in the country of Turkey^[3].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's image is recorded as Pkk supporters london april 2003.jpg^[4].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's instance of is recorded as armed organization^[5].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's instance of is recorded as terrorist organization^[6].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's flag image is recorded as Flag of Kurdistan Workers' Party.svg^[7].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's coat of arms image is recorded as PKK symbol.jpg^[8].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's headquarters location is recorded as Silsilat Jibāl Qandīl^[9].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's headquarters location is recorded as Kurdistan Region of Iraq^[10].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121073995^[11].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 124441966^[12].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's GND ID is recorded as 2117697-8^[13].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88152271^[14].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 123893149^[15].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's IdRef ID is recorded as 032973632^[16].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's child organization or unit is recorded as YDG-H^[17].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's Commons category is recorded as PKK^[18].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's sRGB color hex triplet is recorded as FF0000^[19].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's chairperson is recorded as Abdullah Öcalan^[20].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's chairperson is recorded as Cemil Bayık^[21].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's chairperson is recorded as Hülya Oran^[22].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's chairperson is recorded as Murat Karayılan^[23].
• +1978-11-27T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kurdistan Workers' Party^[24].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party was dissolved in +2025-05-12T00:00:00Z^[25].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j40h^[26].
• Kurdistan Workers' Party's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as kn20010711236^[27].

Body

Founding

+1978-11-27T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kurdistan Workers' Party^[24]. Its location of formation is recorded as Ziyaret^[28].

Identity

Kurdistan Workers' Party's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ku', 'text': 'Partiya Karkêren Kurdistan'}^[29]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ku', 'text': 'PKK'}^[30].

Leadership

Chairpersons include Abdullah Öcalan^[20], a politician^[31], b. 1949^[32], of Turkey^[33]; Cemil Bayık^[21], a politician^[34], b. 1951^[35], of Turkey^[36]; Hülya Oran^[22], a statesperson^[37], b. 1978^[38], of Turkey^[39]; and Murat Karayılan^[23], a military commander^[40], b. 1954^[41], of Turkey^[42].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Silsilat Jibāl Qandīl^[9], a mountain range^[43], in Iraq^[44] and Kurdistan Region of Iraq^[10], an autonomous region^[45], in Iraq^[46], founded in 1991^[47]. Kurdistan Workers' Party's parent organization or unit is recorded as Koma Civakên Kurdistan^[48]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as YDG-H^[17].

Dissolution

Kurdistan Workers' Party was dissolved in +2025-05-12T00:00:00Z^[25].

Why It Matters

Kurdistan Workers' Party ranks in the top 1% of armed_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,826 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[49] It is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[50]