KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY

This party has been outlawed in Turkey. The PKK has not only threatened Turks who might vote the “wrong way,” but they have killed thousands and are one of the most serious terrorist organizations in the world. Their objective is that the ethnic Kurds be given control over an area of Turkey adjacent to Iraq where they can form a Kurdish state by combining the ethnic Kurds from Turkey, Iraq, and Iran on land from all three nations. The goal of an independent Kurdistan is not unreasonable—the Kurds of Iraq already have an autonomous Province, but their methods have been so violent and repulsive that even those who historically believe the Kurds ought to have a homeland, would not want to reward such terrorists for their crimes.

This party has been outlawed in Turkey. The PKK has not only threatened Turks who might vote the “wrong way,” but they have killed thousands and are one of the most serious terrorist organizations in the world. Their objective is that the ethnic Kurds be given control over an area of Turkey adjacent to Iraq where they can form a Kurdish state by combining the ethnic Kurds from Turkey, Iraq, and Iran on land from all three nations. The goal of an independent Kurdistan is not unreasonable—the Kurds of Iraq already have an autonomous Province, but their methods have been so violent and repulsive that even those who historically believe the Kurds ought to have a homeland, would not want to reward such terrorists for their crimes.