The Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan (Kurdish: Partiya Şoreşa Kurdistan (PŞK), Turkish: Kürdistan Devrim Partisi) is an illegal political party active in Turkey. The aim of the party is to create an independent state for Kurdish people based on Marxist-Leninist principles.[citation needed]
| Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan Partiya Şoreşa Kurdistan, (PŞK) | |
|---|---|
| Dates of operation | 1960–present |
| Headquarters | Turkish Kurdistan |
| Active regions | Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan |
| Ideology | Kurdish nationalism Marxism–Leninism |
| Size | Unknown |
| Opponents |  Turkey |
| Battles and wars | Kurdish–Turkish conflict |
History edit
Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan is a splinter of the Sociality Unity Party of Kurdistan, known as Kürdistan Sosyalist Birlik Partisi in Turkish and Partiya Yekitiya Sosyalista Kurdistane in Kurdish. Sociality Unity Party of Kurdistan annulled itself in July 1998 after a meeting in Germany. As a result, the central committee of YEKBUN or the United People's Party of Kurdistan (Kürdistan Birleşik Halk Partisi in Turkish), resident in Sweden, decided to form a new organization to carry out armed struggle against the Turkish government.[citation needed] However, Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan has never carried out armed struggle against the Turkish Government and has been just political party. The organization was named Revolutionary Union of Kurdistan (Kürdistan Devrim Birliği in Turkish, Yektiye Şoreşa Kurdistan in Kurdish) first.[citation needed] However the central committee later changed "union" with "party" thinking taking into consideration that there was no unity yet; so the Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan was born.[citation needed]
After the capture of Abdullah Öcalan by Turkish forces in 1999 and the resulting retreat of Kurdistan Workers Party, better known as PKK, the Party tried to attract their members, albeit without a remarkable success.[1][unreliable source?] The organisation was not successful either in giving a significant damage to Turkish forces or creating public awareness about themselves.
Designation as a terrorist organisation edit
According to the Counter-Terrorism and Operations Department of Directorate General for Security (Turkish police) it is one of the 12 active terrorist organisations in Turkey and one of the three Kurdish organisations.[2]
See also edit
- List of political parties in Turkey
- Communist Party of Turkey (disambiguation), for other groups using similar names
References edit
- ^ PŞK KDP Partıya Şoreşa Küdıstan (Kürdıstan Devrım Partısı) "Sucbilimi.com". Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
- ^ Türkıye'De Halen Faalıyetlerıne Devam Eden Bașlica Terör Örgütlerı: "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
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