Founded in the 1970s as a Marxist group advocating a "people's republic" in southeastern Turkey, the PKK envisages an independent state for Kurds that would include northern Iraq and parts of Iran and Syria as well.
Osnovana u 1970-ima kao marksistička skupina koja zagovara "narodnu republiku" na jugoistoku Turske, PKK zamišlja nezavisnu državu za Kurde, koja bi obuhvaćala i sjeverni Irak, te dijelove Irana i Sirije.