Kurdish battle group PKK lifts itself

The Kurdish workers’ movement (PKK) lifts itself. That reports The Kurdish news site FIRAT Monday. The organization, which fought for self -determination for the Kurds, was forbidden in Turkey and was considered a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union. Since its foundation in 1984, at least forty thousand people were killed in fighting with the Turkish state.

Under the presidency of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the oppression of the Turkish Kurds increased further. For example, many Kurdish politicians, mainly from the pro-Kurdish HDP party, and journalists were detained.

Turkish forces regularly attacked the PKK propositions in Northern Iraq. The battle group operated from the Qandil Mountains. Last March PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been stuck in a Turkish prison since 1999, called on his men to lay down the weapons. “A separate nation state, federation, administrative autonomy [of culturele oplossingen] Do not offer an answer, “he said at the time. Due to the ceasefire, the battle group would only perform actions if she was attacked.

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