KCK - Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union
Supporting and building structures of self-administration in Kurdistan, the Middle East and beyond.
our work
our statements
We regularly publish statements on political and social developments in Kurdistan, the Middle East and beyond. Find our official statements here.
our interviews
In regular interviews KCK representatives share their perspective on the latest political agenda in the region and beyond. Find the latest interviews here.
our publications
We occasionally publish reports about important developments in Kurdistan and the Middle East or brochures with background information.
our motivation
Find out more about our home region Kurdistan, the political idea we strive to put into practice and the importance of Abdullah Öcalan for our everyday work.
self-administration.
women`s freedom.
ecology.
KCK co-chairs
Cemil Bayik
After having been active in the Kurdish freedom struggle since the mid-70s, Cemil Bayik became co-chair of the KCK Executive Council in 2013.
Besê Hozat
Having been active in the struggle for the freedom of the Kurdish people since the mid-90s, Besê Hozat was elected co-chair of the KCK Executive Council in 2013.
"The KCK is vital not only for solving the problems of the Kurds, but
also of the Arab, Turkish, Iranian, Afghan and Caucasian societies and
all other communities experiencing similar problems."
Abdullah Öcalan
"The Kurdish struggle could become a model for a worldwide
movement towards genuine democracy, co-operative economy, and the
gradual dissolution of the bureaucratic nation-state."
David Graeber
recent news
Like our people, we are also looking forward to the millennia-old festivities of Newroz with great anticipation. Newroz, which developed as the legend says as an expression of resistance against the...
37 years ago today, on March 16, 1988, the Halabja massacre took place, marking one of the most painful days in the history of Kurdistan. Thousands of Kurds lost their lives on this day in Halabja as...
Part from a new speech by Cemil Bayik, co-chair of the KCK Executive Council, in which he comprehensively describes what drives peoples leader Abdullah Ocalan to his current initiative, that this does...
In a wide-ranging speech, Cemil Bayik, co-chair of the KCK Executive Council, addresses the public to put the ongoing processes into context. He describes the initiative that peoples leader Abdullah...
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