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Alternate Terms and Spellings

  • Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Congress (KADEK)-currently used name
  • Kurdistan Workers’ Party
  • The Workers’ Party of Kurdistan
  • Freedom and Democracy Congress of Kurdistan
  • Halu Mesru Savunma Kuvveti (HSK)
  • People’s Congress of Kurdistan
  • People’s Defense Force
  • KGK
  • Partiya Karkaren Kurdistan
  • Formerly known as KADEK OR KONGRA-GEL

Government and Military Papers

Basic Information

  • Area: Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Europe
  • Founding: 1974Group Type: Kurdish Nationalism socialism
  • Leaders: Murat Karayilan, Abdullah Ocalan (aka “Apo”) was one of the founders, Fehman Huseyin (“Doctor Bahoz”), Zubayir Aydar

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