People's Congress of Kurdistan
The Kurdistan People's Congress (Kongra Gelê Kurdistan, Kongra-Gel ) was an underground Kurdish organization that fought for the rights of the Kurds with armed violence, diplomatic efforts and propaganda. Kongra Gel was a major international drug trafficker until 2009, according to the United States Treasury Department.
It was the successor organization of KADEK , which in turn was the successor organization of the PKK . The Kongra-Gel was added to the list of terrorist organizations by the EU and the USA because of the successor to the PKK and KADEK .
In 2005, Kongra Gel became part of the successor organization Koma Civakên Kurdistan .
Co-chairman is Remzi Kartal (as of January 2018).
history
Founded in November 2003 , the Kurdistan People's Congress has set itself the goal of solving the Kurdish question, democratizing the Middle East and creating a democratic- ecological society. Zübeyir Aydar was elected first chairman . The ideal chairman is Abdullah Öcalan , at whose suggestion the People's Congress was established.
Since 2005 the Kongra-Gel has no longer viewed itself as an organization, but rather as a parliament within the Komalên Kurdistan system . The organization meets once a year in the Kandil Mountains .
media
The newspaper Yeni Özgür Politika and the television broadcaster Roj TV and its successor, Nûçe TV, are close to the Kongra gel.
Web links
- Washington Institute for Near East Policy : Contending with the PKK's Narco-Terrorism on Drug Trafficking by the KONGRA-GEL
- Constitutional Protection Report 2005, from page 77, chapter Foreign extremism, Kurdish organizations ( Memento from April 26, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 1.9 MB)
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- ↑ Office of the Treasury Department for Foreign Fund Control (OFAC): (TG-318) Treasury Designates Three Leaders of the Kongra-Gel as Significant Foreign Narcotics Traffickers. United States Department of the Treasury , October 14, 2009, p. 1 , accessed August 3, 2012 .
- ↑ Common Position 2009/468 / CFSP of the Council of 15 June 2009 updating Common Position 2001/931 / CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism and repealing Common Position 2009/67 / CFSP
- ↑ state.gov: US list of foreign terrorist organizations from October 11, 2005 ( memento from March 24, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) July 3, 2006