Nizamettin Taş (born 1961 in

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), also known as Botan Rojhilat , was one of the oldest military commanders of the

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. He was born in

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, and joined the PKK in 1986 and became the military commander of the organisation in 1995. He headed the People's Liberation Army of Kurdistan, the military wing of the PKK and was a member of the PKK Central Committee. He also served in the PKK's Presidential Council. He left the PKK in 2004 after a fall out with concurring members of the PKK leadership and formed the Patriotic Democratic Party (PWD) together with

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and

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. But the party was short-lived and did not become important. He lives in

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1961 births Turkish Kurdish people Living people Turkish Kurdish politicians Members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party People from Varto Kurdish nationalists {{Turkey-bio-stub