The Kurdistan Laborers' Party (, abbreviated as PRK) is a political party in

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that was founded in 1995 as Kurdistan Workers' and Laborers' Party (). The name and logo change happened some point after June 2021, but it still regularly being referred to with the old name. The party's secretary is Bapîr Kamela. In 2017, the party merged with another small party called ''Kurdistan Masses Movement'' (), but the name Kurdistan Workers' and Laborers' Party and the leadership of Kamela was kept. On 7 October 2023, party leader Bapîr Kamela was part of a delegation from

visiting

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. For the 2024 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election, the party joined an electoral alliance together with the

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and the

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. The alliance is called Serdem Coalition.

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{{Kurdish organisations Kurdish political parties in Iraq Kurdish nationalist political parties Labour parties Social democratic parties in Kurdistan Political parties in Kurdistan Region Social democratic parties in Iraq Political parties established in 1995 1995 establishments in Iraq