Talk:Kurdistan Workers' Party

Semi-protected edit request on 9 September 2023

Chnage "PKK is a terrorist organization" to "PKK is a Kuridsh militant organization". 51.6.130.5 (talk) 08:23, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done Cannolis (talk) 08:55, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

While it is obvious that PKK is a terrorist organization. On what basis did you accept this change without any resources? 31.223.61.163 (talk) 17:32, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

While I too think it's a terrorist organization as well, it's an organization, and for the sake of objectivity it is best to just call them an organization, and also to clearly inform readers that this organization is designated as a terrorist organization/entity, or an organization involved in terrorist activities amongst other things with correct references. (Eg: Drug trafficking reports published by U.S., Turkish and some other countries' authorities, which can be seen as empirical evidence backed by proof of crime&misconduct) Utku Mun (talk) 01:09, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Please let's be sensitive to terrorist propaganda.

Wikipedians should be aware that the PKK is a terrorist organization that tries to sustain itself through propaganda because it is Marxist and communist in nature. The organization's acts of terrorism against civilians have never ceased. Just today, after killing a villager and a veterinarian, they seized his vehicle and carried out a suicide attack in parliament. In the discussion section of this article, there have been numerous discussions about the destruction of the article. One of the arguments put forward by those who claim it has not been destroyed was a sockpuppet account, and they admitted to systematically attacking a Wikipedia administrator and were subsequently banned from Wikipedia. That's why I request the removal of the sentence "and some analysts and organizations contend that the PKK no longer engages in organized terrorist activities or systemically targets civilians." Attacks on civilians are constantly taking place, as shown in the video below. You can find hundreds of similar videos by searching for "istanbul pkk attack" or " on YouTube. My request is for you to ensure that Wikipedia is not exploited by a terrorist organization. Thank you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhlIGdbw1kE 31.223.61.163 (talk) 18:35, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Personally, I think that removing the designation of the PKK as a terrorist organization in so far that they agree to comply with whatever that involves as per some form of legitimation and international recognition is tantamount to there being an effective and lasting peace process, but I do think that, since they are clearly designated as a terrorist organization by a good number of Western countries, the article could be somehow reworded to include "designated terrorist organization" or something to that effect within the first paragraph. The second paragraph begins with something like that, but what militancy combined with armed guerilla asymmetrical warfare is is just simply what is commonly understood as "political terrorism", which doesn't necessarily change in so far that someone is in favor of such praxis in a consideration of those who engage in it as "freedom fighters". They do, of course, change in the 90s, as well as that Abdullah Öcalan was famously converted from Marxism-Leninism to Democratic Confederalism via Murray Bookchin's "libertarian municipalism", and, so, there have been substantive changes to the organization since, but it's not as if there aren't still aspects of the organization that don't operate like what we would typically consider as a terrorist cell, and, so, I don't know, though I'm hoping they won't remain as such, I do think that it could go in the leading paragraph that they are designated terrorists. I mean, MI5, for instance, vets Kurdish sympathizers via their application process, and, so, it's not like that it's contentious that a lot of people in the West do consider them to be terrorists. As to whether or not they should, that's a complex and difficult question which requires a lot of clarification, caveats, and nuances, but that they do is just kind of a general fact. Daydreamdays2 (talk) 20:23, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

As a strange aside, operating under the delusion that factions of MI5 supported some kind of über-liberalism, i.e. the idea that the end goals of anarchism and liberalism were more or less the same, somehow motivated by the Lifehouse Project, though I couldn't explain as to how, since I was suffering kind of a mental breakdown at this point in time, I applied to MI5, which is how I found out that the suspect at large within the test that they give you was a Kurdish militant. Those tests are probably all different, but that's where I get that from, anyways.

That's not terribly relevant to anything concerning Wikipedia, but I feel like someone is sure to find it to be fairly interesting. Daydreamdays2 (talk) 20:39, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Does anyone know what narcotics the PKK is alleged to be trafficking?

I remember reading a German blog that alleged that they were involved with the trafficking of marijuana and heroin, but I don't, at all, remember where that was. Given common allegations about the Grey Wolves and that this article cites one of their leaders alleging that Turkish intelligence had given them money as some form of entrapment, though clearly wildly speculative, I wonder if such things don't play into their involvement with the heroin trade. Turkey is also notorious for its excessive punishment in regards to hashish, which makes me wonder as to whether that doesn't have something to do with Kurdish independence.

This article also mentions that they are alleged to be involved with human trafficking, which, I, at least, have never heard before, though, as I haven't read the Europol report, I am not making the claim that this allegation does not exist, one that could be expanded upon, as I would certainly feel infinitely less inclined to be sympathetic towards them, were that to be the case, as well as that it would not seem to be affirmed, as per the set-up of the article, by the human resources section, which merely claims that they have become a "mass phenomenon". Daydreamdays2 (talk) 20:07, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Some people accuse Murat Karayılan, Cemîl Bayik, Duran Kalkan, Besê Hozat, Sozdar Avesta, Bahoz Erdal and Mustafa Karasu for being agents of Satan, secretly spying for Kurdistan Regional Government and Israel. 155.137.27.93 (talk) 00:07, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

So, everyone but Öcalan, then? Phew, it's a good thing he had that change of heart.

Do people actually allege for them to be in league with the devil? I feel like you were just being polemical, but I'm, anyways, curious. I've heard a good bit of rumors about the PKK, but never allegations of Satanism. Daydreamdays2 (talk) 13:47, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Funding edit.

As anyone following the subject closely would know. U.S. designates P.K.K. as a terrorist organization for a long while, yet they have been officially funding P.K.K. since 2018, which was published previously. Also in 2023 military spending bill passed by the house of representatives this support to fund "partner forces" in Syria, includes P.K.K, according to bill(which hardly passed 219-210) the funding will continue until the end of 2024. The subject "partner forces" Also include other organizations designated as terrorist organizations by various countries. So in effect U.S. funds this organization which it designates as a terrorist organization officially even though it contradicts executive order 13224.

I think this should be shared under funding as well, I am not good at writing stuff out of my expertise(biology) but a simple browser search yields official references, and I think this is a vital piece of information to share with public who do not spend much time researching things and look up to Wikipedia for necessary knowledge.

S. T. Utku Mun Utku Mun (talk) 01:23, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Lol the PKK is not the same as the PYD/YPG. They are indeed related groups, but that wouldn’t mean the US supports the PKK just because they support their sister org Serok Ayris (talk) 00:02, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Nato needs to be removed on the list

I clicked the reference link and it leads to a page regarding Sweden, Finland, and Turkey Nato joining agreement. Nato does not have a terrorist list. Countries have their own terrorist list. It's dishonest to put up NATO. 70.29.13.216 (talk) 10:44, 25 December 2023 (UTC)