Murat Karayılan
Organization leader
1954 –
Who is Murat Karayılan?
Murat Karayılan is the acting leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party, which is a prescribed terrorist organization by the US, UK, Australia, Germany, EU, NATO and the United Nations. He has been the PKK's acting leader ever since its original founder and leader, Abdullah Öcalan, was captured in 1999.
Born in Birecik, Şanlıurfa, Karayılan finished his studies at a vocational college of machinery and joined the PKK in 1979. He was active in his native province of Şanlıurfa until he fled to Syria at the time of the 1980 Turkish coup d'état.
Karayılan has called on Kurds to stop serving in the military of Turkey, stop paying taxes and stop using the Turkish language.
In August 2011 it was alleged he had been captured by Iranian forces, a claim denied by both Iran and the PKK. Nevertheless this led to many conspiracy theories about how Karayılan was, in fact, released by Iranian forces which is a proof of his alleged links to Iran.
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- Born
- 1954
Birecik - Also known as
- Murat Karayilan
- Religion
- Atheism
- Sunni Islam
- Nationality
- Turkey
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on July 23, 2013
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