Nizamettin Taş
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Nizamettin Taş | |
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| Nickname(s) | Botan Rojhilat |
| Born | 1961 Varto, Turkey |
| Allegiance |  Kurdistan Workers' Party |
| Rank | Military Commander |
| Battles/wars | Kurdish-Turkish conflict |
Nizamettin Taş (born Varto 1961), also known as Botan Rojhilat , was one of the oldest military commanders of the PKK. He was born in Varto, Turkey, and joined the PKK in 1986 and became the military commander of the organisation in 1995.[1]
He headed the People's Liberation Army of Kurdistan, the military wing of the PKK and was a member of the PKK Central Committee.[2] He also served in the PKK's Presidential Council. He left the PKK in 2004 after a fall out with concurring members of the PKK leadership and formed the (PWD) together with Osman Öcalan and . But the party was short-lived and did not become important.[3] He lives in Iraqi Kurdistan.
References[]
- ^ "PKK dissidents". Chris-kutschera.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-02-28. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Jongerden, Joost (2017-10-01). "Gender equality and radical democracy: Contractions and conflicts in relation to the "new paradigm" within the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)". Anatoli. De l'Adriatique �� la Caspienne. Territoires, Politique, Sociétés (8): 233–256. doi:10.4000/anatoli.618. ISSN 2111-4064.
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