Varto
Varto (; or , ''Varto'') is a town in Muş Province, Turkey. It is the seat of Varto District.PKK. He was born in
Varto
Varto (; or , ''Varto'') is a town in Muş Province, Turkey. It is the seat of Varto District.Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
, 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 Osman Öcalan and
Kani Yilmaz
Kani Yılmaz was born in 1952 in Çewlig, a town in Bingöl Province, Turkey to a Kurdish family. Yılmaz completed his early education at local Kurdish institutions.
Role in the PKK
Yılmaz became one of the founding members of the Kurdista ...
. But the party was short-lived and did not become important. He lives in
Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan () refers to the Kurds, Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq. It is considered one of the four parts of Greater Kurdistan in West Asia, which also includes parts of southeastern Turkey (Northern Kurdist ...