According to Turkish news agencies, KCK is described as either the "urban wing" or "civil arm" of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), an organisation recognised as terrorist by Turkey, the EU and the US.
Turske novinske agencije opisuju KCK kao "urbano krilo" ili "civilni ogranak" zabranjene Kurdistanske radničke stranke (PKK), koju Turska, EU i SAD smatraju terorističkom organizacijom.