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Europe


UK

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Kurdish PEN Kurdish PEN or the Kurdish Centre of the International PEN (''Navenda PEN a Kurd'' in Kurdish) is a branch of International PEN. It was suggested by Kurdish writer Hüseyin Erdem and voted into existence during International PEN's conference in Ca ...
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Peace Mothers The Peace Mothers (Kurdish: ''Dayîkên Aşîtîyê'', Turkish: ''Barış Anneleri'') is a women's civil rights movement in Turkey, which aims to promote peace between Turkey's different ethnic groups through non-violent means. History The Peace M ...


Sweden

* Kurdish Student Academic Association


France

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Kurdish Institute of Paris The Kurdish Institute of Paris (french: Institut kurde de Paris), founded in February 1983 by (amongst others) film producer Yılmaz Güney and poet Cigerxwîn, is an organization focused on the Kurdish language, culture, and history. It is one ...
* Kurdistan Islamic Society


Belgium

* European Kurdish Democratic Societies Congress, previously known as Confederation of Kurdish Associations (KON-KURD) * Kurdish Institute of Brussels


Germany

* Kurdistan Islamic Society


Middle East


Iraq

* Action Party for the Independence of Kurdistan *
Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan The Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan (DPAK) sometimes referred to simply as the Kurdistan Alliance (KA) is the name of the electoral coalition first presented as a united Kurdish list in the January 2005 election in Iraq. Elections wer ...
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Gorran Movement The Gorran Movement ( ku, Bizûtinewey‌ Gorran / بزووتنەوەی گۆڕان, ''Movement for Change'') or just Gorran (''Change'') is a Kurdish political party in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Formerly under the leadership of Omar Sai ...
* Hawpa (PSNK) * Islamic Fayli Grouping in Iraq * Islamic Group Kurdistan ** Islamic Kurdish Society * Islamic Movement of Kurdistan * Islamic Kurdish League *
Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah The Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah ( ku, حیزبوڵڵای شۆڕشگێڕانە کوردی) was a splinter group of the Kurdish Hezbollah of Iran and Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. The Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah establ ...
* Kurdish Tribal Association * Kurdistan Communist Party * Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) *
Kurdistan Islamic Union Kurdistan Islamic Union ( ku, یەکگرتووی ئیسلامیی کوردستان ;Yekgirtiya Îslamî ya Kurdistanê), colloquially referred to as Yekgirtû, is an Islamist party in Iraqi Kurdistan. Leadership and supporters Salahaddin Bahaadd ...
* Kurdistan Toilers' Party * Kurdish Socialist Party * Kurdistan Conservative Party * Kurdistan National Democratic Union *
Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party ( ku, Parti Sosyalisti Demokrati Kurdistan; ar-at, الحزب الاشتراكي الديمقراطي الكردستاني, Hizb al-Ishtiraki al-Dimuqrati al-Kurdistani) is a political party in Kurdistan Regio ...
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Kurdistan Revolutionary Party Kurdish Revolutionary Party ( ar, الحزب الثوري الكردستاني) was a political party in Iraq seeking independence for the Kurdish people. Originally formed in 1964, it merged into the Kurdish Democratic Party The Kurdistan Demo ...
* Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)


Iran

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Kurdish Hezbollah of Iran Kurdish Hezbollah of Iran ( ku, حیزبوڵڵای کوردی ئیران; fa, حزب‌الله کردی از ایران) is an Islamist political party created in Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also cal ...
* Organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle *
Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI; ku, حیزبی دێموکراتی کوردستانی ئێران, Hîzbî Dêmukratî Kurdistanî Êran, HDKA; fa, حزب دموکرات کردستان ایران, Ḥezb-e Demokrāt-e Kordest ...
(KDPI) * Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) ** Eastern Kurdistan Units (YRK) ** Women's Defence Forces (HPJ) * Komalah * Kurdish United Front * Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK)
Kurdistan Independence Alliance (HSK)
* Kurdistan Independence Mouvement (BSK)


Lebanon

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Kurdish Democratic Party The Kurdistan Democratic Party ( ku, Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê; پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان), usually abbreviated as KDP or PDK, is the largest party in Iraqi Kurdistan and the senior partner in the Kurdistan Regional Gov ...
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Razkari Party The Razkari Party ( ar, حزب رزكاري, translit=Ḥizb Rizkārī, translit-std=ALA-LC; ) is a Lebanese-Kurdish political group that was established on 3 April 1975 by Faysal Fakhru, due to disagreement with the policies of the Kurdish Demo ...


Turkey

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Communist Party of Kurdistan The Communist Party of Kurdistan ( ku, Partiya Komunistê Kurdistan; tr, Kürdistan Komünist Partisi; abbreviated KKP) is a political party in Turkey, founded in 1982 as the Kurdish branch of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey (TKEP). Between ...
(KKP) * Democracy Party (DEP) * Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) *
Democratic Society Party The Democratic Society Party ( tr, Demokratik Toplum Partisi, DTP, Kurdish: ''Partiya Civaka Demokratîk'', PCD) was a Kurdish nationalist political party in Turkey. The party considered itself social-democratic and had observer status in the So ...
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Hereketa İslamiya Kurdistan Hereketa İslamiya Kurdistane was a Kurdish (Sunni) Islamist movement in southeastern Turkey. It movement was established in 1993 led by Seyda Mele Abdullah. Movement is no longer active, it was merged with CIK organization in 2004. The org ...
(HİK) * Kurdish Hizbollah * Islamic Party of Kurdistan (PİK) *
Kurdistan Communities Union The Kurdistan Communities Union ( ku, Koma Civakên Kurdistanê, italic=yes, KCK) is a Kurdish political organization committed to implementing Abdullah Öcalan's ideology of democratic confederalism. Öcalan, Abdullahbr>Declaration of Democratic ...
(KCK) * Kurdistan Democratic Party/North (KDP/Bakur) *
Kurdistan Workers' Party The Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement, which historically operated throughout Kurdistan, but is now primarily based in the mountainous Kurdish-majority regions of sout ...
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People's Defence Forces The People's Defence Forces ( ku, Hêzên Parastina Gel, HPG) is the military wing of the group Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). During the 7th Congress of the PKK in January 2000, the HPG replaced the former military wing of the PKK, the People ...
(HPG) * National Liberation Front of Kurdistan (ERNK) *
Peace and Democracy Party The Peace and Democracy Party ( tr, Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi, ku, Partiya Aştî û Demokrasiyê, BDP) was a Kurdish political party in Turkey existing from 2008 to 2014. Development BDP succeeded the Democratic Society Party (DTP) in 20 ...
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Democratic Regions Party The Democratic Regions Party ( tr, Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi, DBP, ku, Partiya Herêman a Demokratîk, PHD) is a Kurdish political party in the Republic of Turkey. The pro-minority rights Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) acts as the fraterna ...
(DBP) * Peoples' Democratic Party(HDP) *
People's Democracy Party People's Democracy Party ( tr, Halkın Demokrasi Partisi, HADEP) was a Kurdish population, Kurdish political party in Turkey. Murat Bozlak founded the party on 11 May 1994. The party disbanded in 2003. History Bozlak's first chairmanship P ...
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People's Labor Party The People's Labour Party ( tr, Halkın Emek Partisi, HEP), sometimes translated as the People's Work Party, was a pro- Kurdish political party in Turkey. It was founded on 7 June 1990 by seven members of the Turkish Grand National Assembly expel ...
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Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan The Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan ( ku, Partiya Şoreşa Kurdistan (''PŞK''), tr, Kürdistan Devrim Partisi) is an illegal political party active in Turkey. The aim of the party is to create an independent state for Kurdish people bas ...
(PŞK) * Rights and Freedoms Party (HAK-PAR) *
Society for the Rise of Kurdistan Society for the Rise of Kurdistan ( ku, Cemîyeta Tealîya Kurdistanê) also known as the Society for the Advancement of Kurdistan (SAK), was secretly established in Constantinople on 6 November 1917 and officially announced organization formed ...
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Xoybûn Xoybûn or Khoyboun ( ku, ,Xoybûn خۆیبوون) was a Kurdish nationalist political party, that is known for leading the Ararat rebellion, commanded by Ihsan Nuri. Many Armenians joined the movement as well, the party was active in all parts ...
(CSK) * Workers Vanguard Party of Kurdistan (PPKK) *
Kurdistan Freedom Hawks The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks or TAK ( ku, Teyrêbazên Azadiya Kurdistan), is a Kurdish nationalist militant group in Turkey seeking an independent Kurdish state in Turkish Kurdistan (eastern and southeastern Turkey). The group also opposes the Tu ...
(TAK) * Marxist–Leninist Communist Party (MLKP) * DHKP/C *
Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist The Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist (''Türkiye Komünist Partisi/Marksist-Leninist'' in Turkish language, Turkish, abbreviated as TKP/ML) is a Marxism–Leninism–Maoism, Marxist–Leninist–Maoist insurgent organization in Turke ...
(TKP/ML) * Revolutionary Headquarter * Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist (TKEP/L) *
Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement The Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement ( ku, Tevgera Ciwanen Welatparêzên Şoreşger, tr, Yurtsever Devrimci Gençlik Hareket, YDG-H) was the urban, militant youth wing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) from 2006-2015. Trained by more ...
(YDG-H) * Civil Protection Units (YPS) * Civil Protection Units-Women (YPS-Jin)


Syria

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Kurdish National Alliance in Syria The Kurdish National Alliance in Syria ( ku, Hevbendiya Niştimanî a Kurdî li Sûriyê, HNKS; ar, التحالف الوطني الكردي في سوريا, at-Taḥāluf al-Waṭanī al-Kurdi fi Sūriyā) is a Syrian Kurdish coalition formed by ...
(HNKS) *
Syrian Democratic Council The Syrian Democratic Council ( ku, Meclîsa Sûriya Demokratîk, MSD; ar, مجلس سوريا الديمقراطية; syc, ܡܘܬܒܐ ܕܣܘܪܝܐ ܕܝܡܩܪܛܝܬܐ, translit=Mawtbo d'Suriya Demoqraṭoyto) is the political wing of the Syri ...
(SDC) *
Democratic Union Party (Syria) The Democratic Union Party ( ku, Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat (PYD) ; ar, حزب الاتحاد الديمقراطي, translit=Ḥizb al-Ittiḥad al-Dimuqraṭiy; syc, ܓܒܐ ܕܚܘܝܕܐ ܕܝܡܩܪܐܛܝܐ, translit=Gabo d'Ḥuyodo Demoqraṭoy ...
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Movement for a Democratic Society The Movement for a Democratic Society ( ku, Tevgera Civaka Demokratîk, TEV-DEM, ar, حركة المجتمع الديمقراطي, syc, ܙܘܥܐ ܕܟܢܫܐ ܕܝܡܩܪܐܛܝܐ, Zaw'o d'Kensho Demoqraṭoyo) is a left-wing umbrella organization ...
(TEV-DEM) *
People's Protection Units The People's Defense Units (YPG), (YPG) ; ar, وحدات حماية الشعب, Waḥdāt Ḥimāyat aš-Šaʽb) also called People's Protection Units, is a mainly- Kurdish militia in Syria and the primary component of the Syrian Democra ...
(YPG) *
Women's Protection Units (YPJ) ar, وحدات حماية المرأة , image = File:YPJ Flag.svg , caption = Flag of the YPJ , dates = April 2013–present , commander1 = Nesrin ...
(YPJ) * Asayish *
Kurdish National Council The Kurdish National Council (KNC, , ENKS; ar, المجلس الوطني الكوردي ''al-Majlis al-Waṭaniyy Al-Kurdi'') is a Syrian Kurdish political party. While the KNC had initially more international support than the ruling Democra ...
(ENKS) *
Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria The Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria (Kurdish: ''Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê li Sûriyê'' ku, پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان سووری; ar, الحزب الديمقراطي الكُردستاني في سوريا ''Hizb Al- ...
(KDP-S) *
Kurdish Supreme Committee The Kurdish Supreme Committee ( ku, Desteya Bilind a Kurd; DBK) was a self-proclaimed governing body in Northern Syria, which was founded by the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Kurdish National Council (KNC), following the signing o ...
* Kurdish Democratic Political Union *
Euphrates Volcano Euphrates Volcano ( ar-at, بركان الفرات, Burkān al-Furāt) was a joint operations room/coalition established during the Syrian Civil War. It mainly consisted of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and certain factions o ...
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Jabhat al-Akrad The Kurdish Front ( ar, جبهة الأكراد, transliterated: Jabhat al-Akrad; ku, Eniya Kurdan, former full name: ''Liwa' Jabhat al-'Akrad l-Nusra Shaʿbnā al-Sūrī'', "Brigade of the Kurdish Front to Support Our Syrian People") is a pre ...
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United Freedom Forces The United Freedom Forces ( tr, Birleşik Özgürlük Güçleri, or BÖG) is a joint expatriate militia of several revolutionary socialist organizations from Turkey, most notably the Revolutionary Communard Party (DKP), active in the Rojava ...
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