حزب العمال الكردستاني في الوثائق البريطانية حزب العمال الكردستاني (التركي) انموذجا (1978- 2019)

Abstract

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was founded in Turkey to establish a unified, independent, socialist Kurdistan state, which would include the Kurdish territories in Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey. Its operations began in the form of guerrilla warfare in the mountainous regions in 1984, as the only means of resisting the Turkish state.

The PKK began its insurgency in 1984, and successive Turkish governments have waged a war that has lasted nearly thirty years, killing nearly 40,000 people, destroying thousands of villages, displacing millions of people, and consuming hundreds of billions of dollars. The PKK problem has become endemic, and a destabilizing factor in the region due to its impact on Turkey’s neighbors. The Kurdish problem has hindered Turkey’s democratic transition, negatively affected economic development, preserved the military’s role as a powerful actor in politics, and damaged Turkey’s international standing.