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Turkey's pro-Kurdish party wants law supporting PKK disarmament • Apr. 15, 2025, 2:16 AM ET (Reuters)
Turkey arrests Swedish journalist over alleged terrorist connections to a pro-Kurdish group • Mar. 30, 2025, 5:19 AM ET (AP)
Prosecutors request formal arrest of Istanbul mayor and top challenger to Turkey's Erdogan • Mar. 23, 2025, 12:24 AM ET (AP)

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Also Known As KADEK • Kurdistan People’s Congress • Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan • Congress for Freedom and Democracy in Kurdistan • PKK • Kongreya Azadi u Demokrasiya Kurdistan • Kongra-Gel • Kongra Gele Kurdistan
Areas Of Involvement guerrilla warfare • nationalism • terrorism
Related People Abdullah Öcalan

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Leader of the PKK before his arrest
Kurdish settlement in southwestern Asia
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