The Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla group which is primarily based in the mountainous Kurdish-majority regions of southeastern Turkey, northern Iraq and north-eastern Syria. It was founded in Ziyaret, Lice on 27 November 1978 and has been involved in asymmetric warfare in the Kurdish–Turkish conflict. Although the PKK initially sought an independent Kurdish state, in the 1990s its official platform changed to seeking autonomy and increased political and cultural rights for Kurds within Turkey. On 1 March 2025 the PKK declared a ceasefire with Turkey.
PKK militant group declares ceasefire after 40-year insurgency against Turkish state
The conflict between Turkey and the..
