Where is Abdullah Ocalan from?

Ömerli, Turkey
Abdullah Ocalan/Place of birth

Are there Kurds in Armenia?

3 days ago
The Kurds in Armenia (Armenian: Քրդերը Հայաստանում, romanized: K’rdery Hayastanum; Kurdish: Kurdên Ermenistanê), also referred to as the Kurds of Rewan (Kurdish: Kurdên Rewanê), form a major part of the historically significant Kurdish population in the post-Soviet space, and live mainly in the western parts of Armenia …

What is YPG stand for?

People’s Defense Units

People’s Defense Units
Yekîneyên Parastina Gel (YPG) ‏وحدات حماية الشعب‎‎
YPG gen-com emblem
Active	2011–present
Allegiance	Kurdish Supreme Committee (2011–2013) Rojava (2013–present)

When was Abdullah Ocalan imprisoned?

Abdullah Öcalan is imprisoned since February 1999 on İmralı Island in the Sea of Marmara where he is serving a life sentence for violating Art. 125 of the Turkish Penal Code. Initially he was sentenced to death but the conviction was commuted to a life sentence in October 2002.

How many Yazidis live in Armenia?

between 30,000 and 50,000
Media have estimated the number of Yazidis in Armenia as between 30,000 and 50,000. Most of them are descendants of refugees to Armenia following the persecution during Ottoman rule, including during the Armenian genocide, when many Armenians found refuge in Yazidi villages.

What is the meaning of PKK?

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party or PKK (Kurdish: پارتی کرێکارانی کوردستان / Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê) is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement, which historically operated throughout Kurdistan, but is now primarily based in the mountainous Kurdish-majority regions of southeastern Turkey …

What religion is Kurdish peshmerga?

The Peshmerga forces are secular with a Muslim majority and Assyrian and Yazidi units.