People's Defence Forces
| People's Defence Forces Hêzên Parastina Gel (HPG) | |
|---|---|
 Flag of the HPG | |
| Leader | |
| Foundation | January 2000 |
| Dates of operation | 2000–present |
| Allegiance |  Kurdistan Workers' Party |
| Motives | Cultural and political rights for the Kurdish population in Turkey.[5] |
| Active regions | Turkey Iraq Syria |
| Ideology | Democratic confederalism Communalism |
| Notable attacks | 2011 Hakkâri attack |
| Status | Rojava–Islamist conflict[6][7] Kurdistan Region–PKK conflict Ongoing war with Turkey, after ceasefire ended |
| Size | Over 40,000 active fighters (2015 Turkish claim)[8] |
| Opponents | State opponents TurkeyNon-State opponents  Islamic State |
| Designated as a terrorist group by |  Australia[9] United Kingdom[10] |
The People's Defence Forces (Kurdish: Hêzên Parastina Gel, HPG) is the military wing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The HPG replaced the People's Liberation Army of Kurdistan (Artêşa Rizgariya Gelê Kurdistan, ARGK) which used to be the military wing of PKK. In 2014, the HPG was in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) in the Sinjar Mountains.[11]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Can, Eyüp (14 July 2013). "PKK Changes Leadership". (trans. Timur Göksel). Al-Monitor. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014. Originally published as Karayılan'ı kim niye gönderdi? in Radikal, 11 July 2013.
- ↑ Tahiri, Hussein. The Structure of Kurdish Society and the Struggle for a Kurdish State. Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publications 2007. pp 232 ff
- ↑ Bila, Fikret (7 November 2007). "Kenan Evren: 'Kürtçeye ağır yasak koyduk ama hataydı'" (in Turkish). Milliyet. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
Şimdi İmralı'dan PKK'yı yönetiyor. Cezaevinden avukatları kanalıyla.
- ↑ "Ojalan: Which way now?". BBC News. 21 November 2000. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
- ↑ Howard, Michael (13 May 2005). "Radical firebrand who led bloody nationalist war". Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- ↑ "War against Isis: PKK commander tasked with the defence of Syrian Kurds claims 'we will save Kobani'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-25. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ↑ "BREAKING: HPG operation in Sinjar; 20 ISIS dead". Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ↑ "The PKK In Numbers". 28 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-07-09. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- ↑ Department, Attorney-General's. "Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)". nationalsecurity.gov.au. Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ↑ "Proscribed terrorist groups". Home Office. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ↑ Hawramy, Fazel (11 October 2020). "Commander who defended Mount Shingal's Yezidis killed in Turkish strike: PKK". Rudaw.net. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
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