Komalên Ciwan is a Kurdish militant group and sector of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) which was established in 2005 as a splinter group from TECAK (Kurdish: Tevgera Ciwanên Azad a Kurdistanê, lit. 'Movement of the Free Youth of Kurdistan').[2]
| Komalên Ciwan | |
|---|---|
| Foundation | 2005 |
| Dates of operation | 2005–present |
| Split from | Tevgera Ciwanên Azad a Kurdistanê |
| Allegiance |  Kurdistan Workers' Party |
| Ideology | Jineology Anti-Fascism Anti-Turkish sentiment[1] |
| Opponents |  Turkey |
| Website | komalen-ciwan |
History
editThe group has a congress which goes throughout parts of the Rojava region and holds meetings with various Kurdish youth organizations.[3]
Members of the group and affiliates of the group have been stopped from entering areas of Europe as asylum seekers and refugees from Syria due to the designation of the PKK as a terrorist organization.[4]
Throughout 2019, Komalen Ciwan urged many people of Kurdish origin to join the group from women[5] to teens and other ambiguous youths.[6] The group stated that if Kurdish youth wanted to be "free" that they must join the group in order to help free the currently arrested leader of the PKK, Abdullah Öcalan.[7]
In 2020, the leader of the group was arrested in Turkey.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Komalên Ciwan urged youth to mobilise against Turkish invasion". Firat News Agency. 2019-06-30. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ "Verfassungsschutzbericht 2007" (PDF). Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. 2007. ISSN 0177-0357. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ "Maxmurlu gençler Komalen Ciwan'ın 5'inci kongresini selamladı" [Young people from Maxmur greeted the 5th congress of Komalen Ciwan]. RojNews (in Turkish). 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ "Decision to reject asylum application of man with links to PKK ruled fair". Federal Administrative Court. 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ "Komalên Jinên Ciwan calls on women to join the Rojava resistance". Kongreya Star. 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ "Komalên Ciwan called on youth to oppose Turkish attacks". Firat News Agency. 2019-06-12. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ "Komalên Ciwan: Qîbleya azadiyê Rêber Apo ye" [Youth groups: Leader Apo is the leader of freedom]. Hawar News Agency (in Kurdish). 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ "Son dakika: PKK/KCK'nın Gençlik Topluluğu Türkiye sorumlusu tutuklandı" [Breaking news: PKK/KCK Youth Community Türkiye representative arrested]. Takvim (in Turkish). 2020-07-21. Retrieved 2024-08-26.