The European Kurdish Democratic Societies Congress (Kurdish: Kongreya Civakên Demokratîk a Kurdîstanîyên Ewrupa; abbreviated KCD-E; known as the Confederation of Kurdish Associations in Europe or KON-KURD until 2014) is a European Kurdish association, headquartered in Charleroi, Belgium. The member federations are located in several European countries, with some associations from Australia and Canada also belonging to the federation.[1] KCD-E is the biggest organisation of Kurds in Exile. Its members are mostly Kurds from Turkey. According to Der Tagesspiegel, the confederation has close ties to PKK[2][3] and EUROPOL has designated it as an umbrella organization for PKK operations in Europe.[4]
References
edit- ^ "La diaspora kurde se réorganise". ActuKurde (in French). 2013-08-19. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Cracked Voices" (in Turkish). Republic of Turkey European Union Secretary General. 2003-09-23. Archived from the original on 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
- ^ Gunter, Michael M. (Nov 1, 2010). Historical dictionary of the Kurds. Scarecrow Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0810848702.
- ^ European Union terrorism situation and trend report 2022. European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation. The Hague. 2022. ISBN 978-92-95220-44-7. OCLC 1346323712.
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External links
edit- Homepage of KCD-E Archived 2019-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
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