Who is funding the PKK?
The two rich Gulf countries, which have been backed by the US and Israel, also support the YPG/PKK both militarily and financially according to various reports. This year the financial support from both UAE and Saudi Arabia has also reportedly reached a level of $150 million.
Who is the leader of the PKK?
| Abdullah Öcalan | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | Turkey |
| Education | Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science |
| Occupation | Founder and leader of militant organization PKK, political activist, writer, political theorist |
| Organization | Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) |
Where is Kurdistan country?
Iraq
Kurdistan, Arabic Kurdistān, Persian Kordestān, broadly defined geographic region traditionally inhabited mainly by Kurds. It consists of an extensive plateau and mountain area, spread over large parts of what are now eastern Turkey, northern Iraq, and western Iran and smaller parts of northern Syria and Armenia.
Will there be a civil war between Turkey and the Kurds?
Not in the foreseeable future. First of all, Turkey vs Kurdish people would not be a civil war. It would be ethnic cleansing as it was stated. There is no sign that would suggest to an imminent civil war. On the contrary, Kurdish people became less reliant on PKK and more reliant on politics.
Did Kurdish militant militants attack a Turkish military base in Iraq?
In January 2019, the Turkish government claimedthat separatist Kurdish militants tied to the PKK conducted an attack on a Turkish army base in northern Iraq that resulted in damage to military equipment and no casualties.
How many Kurds are in Turkey?
Background Approximately thirty million Kurdslive in the Middle East—primarily in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey—and the Kurdscomprise nearly one-fifthof Turkey’s population of seventy-nine million.
How did the Kurds fight the Islamic State?
In September 2014, PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan calledfor the Kurds to start an “all-out resistance” in the fight against the Islamic State; later that month, the Kurdish-controlled town of Kobani was besieged and eventually captured, resulting in the exodus of tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds to Turkey.