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jan 2, 1978 - Abdullah Ocalan established the Kurdistan Workers' Party

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Founded by Abdullah Ocalan, the PKK started as a student group that emerged to resist the erasure of Kurdish culture and existence. The group was a Marxist organization with the aim of establishing an independent Kurdistan in Turkey’s southeast.

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jan 2, 1978
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~ 47 years ago