The Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan ( ku, Partiya Şoreşa Kurdistan (''PŞK''), tr, Kürdistan Devrim Partisi) is an illegal political party active in

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. 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 Kurdistane'' in Kurdish. Sociality Unity Party of Kurdistan annulled itself in July 1998 after a meeting in

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. 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. However, Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan has never carried out armed struggle against the Turkish Government and has been just political party. The organization was named Revolutionary Union of Kurdistan (''Kürdistan Devrim Birliği'' in Turkish, ''Yektiye Şoreşa Kurdistan'' 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 The Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement, which historically operated throughout Kurdistan, but is now primarily based in the mountainous Kurdish-majority regions of south ...

, better known as PKK, the Party tried to attract their members, albeit without a remarkable success. 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 The General Directorate of Security ( tr, Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü) or Turkish Police Service ( tr, Türk Polis Teşkilatı) is the national civilian police force responsible for law enforcement of the Republic of Turkey, which is affiliated w ...

) it is one of the 12 active terrorist organisations in Turkey and one of the three Kurdish organisations.Türkıye'De Halen Faalıyetlerıne Devam Eden Bașlica Terör Örgütlerı:

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History

Designation as a terrorist organisation

See also

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