Koma Civakên Kurdistan Redux

The Diyarbakır 6th High Criminal Court continued hearing suspects in the trial of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), the alleged urban extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The trial began on Monday with 151 suspects, including mayors and politicians, and approximately 300 lawyers, along with many local and foreign observers closely following the case. Security was tight around and on the way to the courthouse. Lawyers, journalists, relatives of the suspects and foreign observers were frisked before entering the building. A total of 110 suspects -- 104 of whom are currently jailed -- participated in yesterday’s hearing. The total number of people indicted is 152.

The suspects are being accused, in a 7,578-page indictment, of attempting to disturb the unity of the state, membership and leadership in a terrorist organization and aiding and abetting a terrorist organization, for which they face jail sentences ranging from 15 years to life without the possibility of parole.

Mavi Boncuk |
See other PKK articles in Mavi Boncuk :Article 1 | Article 2 | Article 3
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Koma Civakên Kurdistan (KCK) (Peoples' Confederation of Kurdistan or Democratic Confederation of Kurdistan) is a kurdish organization founded by Abdullah Öcalan[1] as formerly named Koma Komalên Kurdistan (KKK) to put in practice his ideology of democratic confederalism. It is the intend to organize Kurdish people.
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The KCK exists of several councils and other organiziations of the kurdish society. It is designed in a bottom-up structure. Single parts are the youth council, women's council and councils of the four territorial entities of Kurdish people (Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria) and one of the European diaspora, also participating political parties like PKK, PJAK and PYD, non-governmental organizations (NGO) and armed organizations like Hêzên Parastina Gel (HPG).

A parliament-like structure of the KCK is called Kongra Gel, formerly part of Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) structure. Now it consists of 300 elected persons from the councils.