"History of PKK in Turkey
SEVİM SONGÜN
DİYARBAKIR – Hürriyet Daily News
After Turkey’s 1980 military coup, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, gained strength in the Southeast, and four years later, the group began its armed attacks. Now, more than 20 years later, the residents of villages in the region still live in fear and wonder what their lives were like before the outlawed terrorist group brought violence to their hometowns"
More:History of PKK in Turkey - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review