YDG-H

Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement
Yurtsever Devrimci Gençlik Hareketi (YDG-H)
Tevgera Ciwanen Welatparêz Yên Şoreşger
Country Turkey
Foundation 2006
Dates of operation 2013 (2013)–present (present)
Active region(s) Southeastern Anatolia Region (Turkey)
Ideology Kurdish nationalism
Kurdish autonomy

The Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (Kurdish: Tevgera Ciwanen Welatparêz Yên Şoreşger‎, Turkish: Yurtsever Devrimci Gençlik Hareket, YDG-H) is the urban, militant youth wing of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).[1] Trained by more experienced PKK cadres for urban fighting,[2] and consisting mostly of children and adults in the 15-25 age group,[3] it was reportedly established in 2006.[1] The group started to clash with Turkish security forces and tried to enforce their authority in the areas they were located in 2014 as part of a strategy which involved unilateral declaration of autonomy in various towns in Southeast Anatolia, and creation of trenches and barricades reinforced with IEDs and explosives to deny security forces access to the urban areas.[4]

The group is in favor of regional autonomy or a separate state for the Kurdish people in Southeast Anatolia. Other claimed objectives of the YDG-H include stopping all activities related to drugs and prostitution, and other similar crimes in the region.[5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "A new generation of Kurdish militants takes fight to Turkey's cities". Reuters. 2015-09-27. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  2. ↑ Germany, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg. "Children of the PKK: The Growing Intensity of Turkey's Civil War - SPIEGEL ONLINE - International". SPIEGEL ONLINE. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  3. ↑ "PKK looks to the future with creation of youth militias". Al-Monitor. 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  4. ↑ "The Human Cost of the PKK Conflict in Turkey: The Case of Sur". Crisis Group. 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  5. ↑ VICE News (2015-02-13), PKK Youth Fight for Autonomy in Turkey, retrieved 2017-03-30
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