Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan
- Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan
Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan, known as "Kürdistan Devrim Partisi" in Turkish and "Partiya Şoreşa Kürdistan" ("PŞK") in Kurdish is an illegal political party active in Turkey. The aim of the party is to create an independent state for Kurdish people based on Marxist-Leninist principles.
History
Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan is a splinter of the Sociality Unity Party of Kurdistan, known as "Kürdistan Sosyalist Birlik Partisi" in Turkish and "Partiya Yekitiya Sosyalista Kürdistane" in Kurdish. Sociality Unity Party of Kurdistan annulled itself in July 1998 after a meeting in Germany. As a result the central committee of "YEKBUN" or the United People's Party of Kurdistan ("Kürdistan Birleşik Halk Partisi" in Turkish), resident in Sweden, decided to form a new organization to carry out armed struggle against the Turkish government. The organization was named Revolutionary Union of Kurdistan ("Kürdistan Devrim Birliği" in Turkish,"Yektiye Şoreşa Kürdistan" in Kurdish) first. However the central committee later changed "union" with "party" thinking taking into consideration that there was no unity yet; so the Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan was born.
After the capture of Abdullah Öcalan by Turkish forces in 1999 and the resulting retreat of Kurdistan Workers Party, better known as PKK, the Party tried to attract their members, albeit without a remarkable success [PŞK KDP PARTİYA ŞOREŞA KÜDİSTAN (KÜRDİSTAN DEVRİM PARTİSİ) http://www.sucbilimi.org/?ana=teror&alt=pshk] . The organisation was not successful either in giving a significant damage to Turkish forces or creating public awareness about themselves.
Designation as a terrorist organisation
According to the Counter-Terrorism and Operations Department of Directorate General for Security (Turkish police) it is one of the 12 active terrorist organisations in Turkey and one of the three Kurdish separatist organisations [TÜRKİYE'DE HALEN FAALİYETLERİNE DEVAM EDEN BAŞLICA TERÖR ÖRGÜTLERİ: http://www.egm.gov.tr/temuh/terorgrup1.html] .
ee also
* List of political parties in Turkey
* Communist Party of Turkey for a list of communist parties in Turkey
References
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