nnoun.groupan ethnic Kurdish group of Sunni extremists formed in the late 1980s in southeastern Turkey; seeks to replace Turkey's secular regime with an Islamic state and strict shariah law; responsible for bombings and the torture and murder of Turkish and Kurdish journalists and businessmen; receives support from IranTopic:act of terrorismterrorismterrorist act
Region:Republic of TurkeyTurkey
Instance Hypernyms:FTO foreign terrorist organization terrorist group terrorist organization
Inherited Hypernyms:turkish hizballahterrorist organizationpolitical movementmovementsocial groupgroupabstractionentity