Turkish - Turkish
Definition of pkk in Turkish Turkish dictionary
- Kürdistan İşçi Partisi
- Partiya Karkerên Kürdistan
- 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
English - English
Definition of pkk in English English dictionary
- player killer killer
- Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan, Kurdistan Workers Party
Turkish - English
Definition of pkk in Turkish English dictionary
- Kurdish nationalist party
- 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