Eastern Kurdistan Defense Units
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Eastern Kurdistan Defense Units Yekîneyên Parastina Rojhilatê Kurdistan (YRK) |
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Leader(s) | Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi |
Dates of operation | 2004–present |
Motives | To establish semiautonomous regional entities or Kurdish federal states in Iran, Turkey and Syria similar to the Kurdistan Regional Government,[1] and establish a democratic confederalism as theorised by Abdullah Öcalan. |
Active region(s) | Iraq, Turkey and Iran |
Ideology | Secularism, Kurdish nationalism Feminism, Democratic confederalism |
Status | Active |
The Eastern Kurdistan Defense Units or YRK (Kurdish: Yekîneyên Parastina Rojhilatê Kurdistan) is the male armed wing of the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), and has been engaged in an armed conflict with the Iranian authorities since 2004.
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