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Member of Kurdistan Workers' Party Sentenced to Prison in Germany - Reports

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A member of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), banned in Turkey, the United States and European Union, was sentenced to three years in prison, media reported... 13.07.2017, Sputnik International

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Member of Kurdistan Workers' Party Sentenced to Prison in Germany - Reports

22:35 GMT 13.07.2017

Militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, stand at a barricade in Sirnak, Turkey. (File) - Sputnik International

A member of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), banned in Turkey, the United States and European Union, was sentenced to three years in prison, media reported Thursday.

Kurdish children hold a flag of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) political wing, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), and banners during a demonstration against the exclusion of Syrian-Kurds from the Geneva talks in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on February 4, 2016 - Sputnik International

Kurds Should Not Hold Independence Vote Amid Anti-Daesh Campaign - McGurk

13 July 2017, 22:23 GMT

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A 47-year old man was charged with being a member of a foreign terrorist organization, the Anadolu news agency reported.

Kurds are an ethnic minority in Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria and are striving for the establishment of an independent Kurdish state.

The PKK has been especially active and aggressive in pursuing this goal. The group targeted, in particular, Turkish officials and troops.

The conflict between Turkey and Kurdish militant groups seeking independence escalated in July 2015, leading to frequent acts of terror by the PKK and regular anti-PKK operations by the Turkish government.

The group has been outlawed in Germany since 1993.