The Kurdistan Workers' Party [a] or PKK (Kurdish: Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê) is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla group which is primarily based in the mountainous Kurdish-majority regions of southeastern …

Mapping relationships with other militant groups over time in regional maps. The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is a nationalist Kurdish militant organization that was founded in 1978 by Abdullah Öcalan. The PKK is also sometimes known by the name of its armed wing, the People s Defense Force (HPG).

In July 2015, a two-and-a-half year long ceasefire broke down, Türkiye’s fight against militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) – recognised as a terrorist organisation by Türkiye, the U.S. and the European Union – entered one of its deadliest chapters in nearly four decades.

Interactive map showing YPG/PKK points targeted by TSK.

Mar 15, 2016 · The Atlantic Council has mapped these two groups, both to distill the key differences between the “Kurds” and to help policymakers better understand the PKK and the numerous organizations affiliated with it.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), also known as Kongra-Gel, is a militant Marxist-Leninist Kurdish separatist group established in 1978 with the goal of creating a unified, independent Kurdistan. The group aims to gain control of Kurdish areas of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey to advance Kurdish rights and recognition.

the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will grow increasingly likely as both seek to control Sinjar, while Kurdish control over the mixed-demographic district is already leading to heightened tensions between Yazidis and Sunni Arabs.

The image is a map of Turkey and surrounding countries, displaying the distribution of violent events from Turkey’s PKK conflict from 2016 to 2022. The map is set against a white background with country boundaries outlined.

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy has made available three maps showing the location of PKK enclaves in northern Iraq. (Click on each thumbnail to see the full map.) The first one has been prepared by Abdulkadir Onay, a lieutenant colonel in the Turkish Army and a visiting military fellow at The Washington Institute. It divides the ...

Interactive Chart Maps Kurdish Groups Given the great deal of confusion over the various Kurdish political and military groups in Turkey and the surrounding region, the Atlantic Council recently published an interactive chart mapping the various Kurdish entities in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Iran.