The Kurdistan Workers' Party[a] or PKK is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement which historically operated throughout Kurdistan but is now primarily …

Jan 10, 2013 · The PKK is listed as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the EU and US. Human rights groups say many civilians have died during Turkey's anti-PKK offensive in the south-east.

Turkish Hezbollah also known as Kurdish Hezbollah or just Hizbullah in Turkey, is a mainly Sunni Islamist militant organization, active against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the …

Jan 23, 2025 · During the 1980s and ’90s, PKK attacks and reprisals by the Turkish government led to a state of virtual war in eastern Turkey. In the 1990s Turkish troops also attacked PKK …

Jan 10, 2025 · PKK begins armed insurgency in Turkey; Turkish government tightens security in southeast. United States and Turkey. The PKK, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist …

Jan 22, 2025 · Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party said it will send a delegation to meet Abdullah Ocalan, head of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in jail on Wednesday for a …

Aug 8, 2023 · Turkey opened 2021 with the months-long Operation Eren, named for a boy killed in a PKK attack, deploying drones and thousands of troops to target the PKK in rural Turkey.

Oct 25, 2024 · Turkey quickly retaliated with a wave of airstrikes on PKK-linked sites in northern Iraq, including tunnels, bases and storage depots, according to Turkish state-run news outlet …

Oct 24, 2024 · Turkey launched fresh air strikes on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in northern Syria and Iraq overnight, killing 59 militants, in response to a gun attack that killed five...

Oct 25, 2024 · Who is the PKK and what do they strive for? The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Turkish defense company TUSAS in Ankara, …