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Rebel groups in Turkey

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Kurdistan Workers' Party
Kurdish nationalist and separatist armed organization
Young Turks
political reform movement in the Ottoman Empire
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party–Front
Turkish Marxist–Leninist party, founded in 1978 and renamed in 1994; classified as a terrorist group by Japan, Turkey, US, UK, and EU
Turkish Hezbollah
far-right Kurdish nationalist and Islamist group in Turkey
People's Defence Forces
militia of the PKK
Xoybûn
thumb|Xoybun Congress in Lebanon in 1927 Xoybûn or Khoybun () 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 of Kurdistan until it was dissolved in 1946.
YDG-H
The Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (, , YDG-H) was the urban, militant youth wing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) from 2006-2015. Trained by more experienced PKK cadres for urban fighting, and consisting mostly of children and adults in the 15-25 age group. Although some members and local supporters denied any affiliation with the PKK, observers argued that this was unlikely given the type of weaponry they possessed. According to French journalist Mattheiu Delmas their fighters “are all young people; a new generation of guerrilla fighters who grew up with Syria war and became cul
Free Women's Units
Kurdish armed feminist organitzation
Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front
Islamist militant organization
Islamic Party of Kurdistan
Kurdish Sunni Islamist organization based in Turkish Kurdistan and established in 1979
Hereketa İslamiya Kurdistan
political party
Children of Fire Initiative
kurdish arsonist group