People's Defence Forces
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| People's Defence Forces Hêzên Parastina Gel (HPG) | |
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| Leader | |
| Foundation | 1984[5] |
| Dates of operation | 1984–present |
| Motives | Cultural and political rights for the Kurdish population in Turkey.[6] |
| Active regions | Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Western Europe |
| Ideology | Kurdish nationalism Democratic confederalism Communalism[7] |
| Notable attacks | 1984 PKK attacks May 24, 1993 PKK ambush 2011 Hakkâri attack |
| Status | Fights against ISIS.[8][9] Ongoing war with Turkey, after ceasefire ended. |
| Size | over 40,000 active fighters (2015 Turkish claim)[10] |
| Website | www |
People's Defence Forces (Kurdish: Hêzên Parastina Gel(HPG); is the military wing of the PKK.
References
- ^ Can, Eyüp (14 July 2013). "PKK Changes Leadership". (trans. Timur Göksel). Al-Monitor. Retrieved 5 February 2014. Originally published as Karayılan'ı kim niye gönderdi? in Radikal, 11 July 2013.
- ^ Tahiri, Hussein. The Structure of Kurdish Society and the Struggle for a Kurdish State. Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publications 2007. pp 232 ff
- ^ Bila, Fikret (7 November 2007). "Kenan Evren: 'Kürtçeye ağır yasak koyduk ama hataydı'" (in Turkish). Milliyet. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
Şimdi İmralı'dan PKK'yı yönetiyor. Cezaevinden avukatları kanalıyla.
- ^ "Ojalan: Which way now?". BBC News. 21 November 2000. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
- ^ "Terrorist Organization Profiles – START – National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism". Start.umd.edu. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
- ^ Howard, Michael (13 May 2005). "Radical firebrand who led bloody nationalist war". Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
ekurd.netwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "War against Isis: PKK commander tasked with the defence of Syrian Kurds claims 'we will save Kobani'". The Independent. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "BREAKING: HPG operation in Sinjar; 20 ISIS dead". Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ Sabah {{ |url=http://www.sabah.com.tr/galeri/turkiye/iste-pkkli-hainlerin-il-il-dagilimi/85 |title=The PKK In Numbers}}{}, 28 December 2015