Türkiye'nin güneydoğusu, ırak'ın kuzeyi, Suriye'nin kuzeydoğusu ve İran'ın kuzeybatısını kapsayan bölgede bir devlet kurmayı amaçlayan ve bu amaçla söz konusu toprakların Türkiye Cumhuriyeti sınırları dahilinde kalan kısmına sahip olabilmek için Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri ve sivillere karşı silahlı terörist eylem yapan silahlı örgüt
of or relating to Kurdistan or the Kurds or their language and culture; "Kurdish Moslems"
an ethnic group in southwestern Asia Kurds generally are pastoral and agricultural people who live in a plateau region in adjoining parts of turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria and in the Armenian and Azerbaidzhan sectors of the Soviet Caucasus
an Iranian language spoken in Turkey and Iran and Iraq and Syria and Russia of or relating to Kurdistan or the Kurds or their language and culture; "Kurdish Moslems
Term referring to a mainly Muslim people speaking an Indo-European language similar to Persian Kurds constitute significant minorities in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey, with smaller groups in Armenia and Syria Despite international proposals in response to minority persecution, never united in a single state
It was founded in Turkish Kurdistan in 1978 and sought to establish an independent Kurdish state in southeastern Turkey, northern Iraq, northeastern Syria and northwestern Iran. It attacked Turkish interests and fellow Kurds suspected of collaboration with the Turkish government, often from bases in Iraq and Syria. The group's leader, Abdullah Öcalan, was arrested by Turkey in 1999 and was thereafter tried and convicted of treason