Congress of the Kurdish Democratic Society in Europe

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The organizational structure is the Congress of the Kurdish Democratic Society in Europe ( Kurdish : Kongreya Civakên Demokratîk a Kurdîstanîyên Ewrupa , ( KCD-E ); until mid-2014: Confederation of Kurdish Associations in Europe (Kurdish: Konfederasyona Komelên Kurd Li Avrupa , KON-KURD )) the underground organization of the PKK in Europe based in Brussels .

Association federations from several European countries as well as associations from Australia and Canada belong to the KCD-E. Its members are the various federations of the Kurdish associations in the respective countries. In Germany the member organization is called NAV-DEM (Navenda Civaka Demokratîk ya Kurdên li Almanyayê; German: Democratic Society Center of the Kurds in Germany) (until mid-2014 Yekitîya Komalên Kurd li Elmanya ( YEK-KOM )), which in turn is individual associations belong. NAV-DEM sees itself as an umbrella organization with a coordinating function for Kurdish organizations in Germany. In Austria, the Federation of Kurdish Associations in Austria ( FEYKOM ) is a member of the KCD-E and sees itself as the umbrella organization of Kurdish associations in Austria. In the United Kingdom the member federation is called FED-BIR (Kurdish Federation in UK).

In 2015, the KCD-E announced that it would join the ICOR .

Individual evidence

  1. Homepage of the KCD-E ( Memento from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. BfV Newsletter No. 3/2014 - Topic 6. “Kurdistan Workers' Party” (PKK) structures associations in Europe around the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
  3. Brochure of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, p. 16 ( Memento of February 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 269 kB)
  4. YEK-KOM is now called NAV-DEM Homepage of NAV-DEM
  5. website of YEK-KOM ( Memento of 15 February 2008 at the Internet Archive )
  6. ^ The relationship between FED-BIR and KON-KURD ( Memento of March 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) FED-BIR
  7. Rote-Fahne-News (online news magazine of the MLPD) of May 24, 2015 ( Memento of May 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive )