Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
Disbanded
- Status
- Disbanded
- Date
- 2025-05-12
- Country
- Türkiye
- Place
- Türkiye; the State Department lists Iraq, Iran, Syria, Türkiye and Europe
Summary
Kurdish group that waged a 40-year insurgency against Turkey. On 12 May 2025 it announced it was laying down its arms and disbanding; more than 40,000 people were killed during the insurgency, per the BBC.
Source
Source: BBC News
References
- Kurdish group PKK says it is laying down arms and disbanding · BBC News
- Country Reports on Terrorism 2023 (Chapter 5: Foreign Terrorist Organizations) · U.S. Department of State
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Research
Court documents and rulings
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Official reports and notices
- Federal Register notice (1997-10-08): Designation of Foreign Terrorist Organizations · Federal Register
News coverage
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Further reading
- Mapping Militants Project profile: Kurdistan Workers' Party · Stanford University, Mapping Militants Project
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