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Fearing a split in their country the Turkish government placed significant restrictions on the rights of the Kurdish people,<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4690181.stm</ref> the PKK tries to use these restrictions to justify its rebellion against the government. In 1999, a unilateral truce was declared by the rebels and the Turkish government began to ease restrictions on the [[Kurds]], this truce did not last however, when in 2004 the terrorist group claimed that the Turkish government had not done enough to meet their demands.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4690181.stm</ref>

Fearing a split in their country the Turkish government placed significant restrictions on the rights of the Kurdish people,<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4690181.stm</ref> the PKK tries to use these restrictions to justify its rebellion against the government. In 1999, a unilateral truce was declared by the rebels and the Turkish government began to ease restrictions on the [[Kurds]], this truce did not last however, when in 2004 the terrorist group claimed that the Turkish government had not done enough to meet their demands.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4690181.stm</ref>

In 1999, the group’s leader, [[Abdullah Ocalan]], was captured and sentenced to death. Today, rather than seeking to create a separate Kurdish state, PKK leaders say that their goal now is to create a solution for the Kurdish identity within [[Turkey]], [[Iraq]], [[Iran]] and [[Syria]]. Estimates of terrorist guerrilla's in the PKK range from ten to fifteen thousand.<ref>World Politics in a New Era, Steven L. Spiegel, Fred L. Wehling, secound edition, pg. 471</ref>[[Syria]], [[Iran]] and [[Iraq]], have provided external aid to the separatist.<ref>World Politics in a New Era, Steven L. Spiegel, Fred L. Wehling, secound edition, pg. 471</ref>

In 1999, the group’s leader, [[Abdullah Öcalan]], was captured and sentenced to death. Today, rather than seeking to create a separate Kurdish state, PKK leaders say that their goal now is to create a solution for the Kurdish identity within [[Turkey]], [[Iraq]], [[Iran]] and [[Syria]]. Estimates of terrorist guerrilla's in the PKK range from ten to fifteen thousand.<ref>World Politics in a New Era, Steven L. Spiegel, Fred L. Wehling, secound edition, pg. 471</ref>[[Syria]], [[Iran]] and [[Iraq]], have provided external aid to the separatist.<ref>World Politics in a New Era, Steven L. Spiegel, Fred L. Wehling, secound edition, pg. 471</ref>

==PKK Abuses==

==PKK Abuses==

==Peace talks==

==Peace talks==

In March 2013 Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the PKK, called for a cease fire<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/22/pkk-commander-says-rebels-to-heed-leader-call-for-cease-fire-retreat-from/</ref> and peace talks.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/19/turkish-pm-erdogan-hopeful-for-peaceful-resolution-long-conflict-with-kurdish/</ref> In September 2013 PKK announced they would end their withdrawal from Turkey.<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/kurdish-rebels-halt-withdrawal-turkey</ref> In the end the PKK suspended its withdrawal and captured an Turkish soldier.<ref>http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/25308282.asp</ref>

In March 2013 Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the PKK, called for a cease fire<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/22/pkk-commander-says-rebels-to-heed-leader-call-for-cease-fire-retreat-from/</ref> and peace talks.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/19/turkish-pm-erdogan-hopeful-for-peaceful-resolution-long-conflict-with-kurdish/</ref> In September 2013 PKK announced they would end their withdrawal from Turkey.<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/kurdish-rebels-halt-withdrawal-turkey</ref> In the end the PKK suspended its withdrawal and captured an Turkish soldier.<ref>http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/25308282.asp</ref>

==Syrian Civil War==

==Syrian Civil War==