Mustafa Karasu

Mustafa Karasu
Nickname(s) Huseyin Ali[1]
Born Turkey Gürün,[2] Sivas Province, Turkey
Allegiance Kurdistan Workers' Party
Rank

Deputy Chairman of PKK
Leader of ERNK
Politibureau member

KCK executive council member
Unit ERNK (previously)
Battles/wars Kurdish–Turkish conflict

Mustafa Karasu also known as Huseyin Ali is a Deputy Chairman[3] of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK),[4] a Kurdish rebel group fighting an armed insurgency against the government of Turkey for an independent Kurdistan. The group is recognised as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States and EU.[5] Along with Cemil Bayık and Duran Kalkan he is viewed as one of the hardliners among the PKK's leadership and is alleged to have links to Iran.[6] He is the leader of the Alevi Shi'a groups within the PKK.[7] His name was on the list of 248 PKK members of which Turkey wished extradication from Iraq on July 10, 2010.[8]

He was imprisoned for several years after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état, after his release he became a member of the PKK's politburo (leadership council) and led the group's popular front: the ERNK.[9] After working in the PKK's political wing for 3 years, in Europe he was called back to South-Eastern Turkey by Abdullah Ocalan to gain more battle experience.[10] He is currently the member of the Executive Council (de facto government) of the Koma Civakên Kurdistan (KCK), which is the PKK's umbrella organisation.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "MFA - I. Historical Background and Development". Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Çok başlı PKK Archived 2012-02-19 at the Wayback Machine., Aksiyon, 27 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "How Kurdish PKK Militants Are Exploiting the Crisis in Syria to Achieve Regional Autonomy". The Jamestown Foundation. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "World Tribune.com: PKK ends ceasefire with Turkey, attacks reported near border". Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  5. ↑ US State Department Background Information on Foreign Terrorist Organizations, October 8, 1999
  6. ↑ "TODAY'S ZAMAN". Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Terror expert says Iran wants to use PKK as leverage". TodaysZaman. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "For first time, no PKK extradition list given to Iraq". TodaysZaman. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  9. ↑ Historical dictionary of the Kurds: (page 158)
  10. ↑ "The Kurds and the Future of Turkey". Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "DİHA - Ajansa Nûçeyan a Dîcleyê". Retrieved 23 January 2015.
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