Workers Vanguard Party of Kurdistan

Workers Vanguard Party of Kurdistan (in Kurdish: Partîya Pêşeng a Karkerî Kurdistan, PPKK, in Turkish: Kürdistan Öncü İşçi Partisi) was a Kurdish underground political party in Turkey.

The party was founded on April 22, 1975.

PPKK published Pêşeng.

In 1992 PPKK merged with Kürdistan Ulusal Kurtuluşçuları-Sosyalist Eğilim (KUK-SE) and Kurdistan Liberation Organization (Kürdistan Özgürlük Örgütü, KAK), to form the United People's Party of Kurdistan (YEKBÛN).

Kurdish organisations

Armenia

Political parties	Yezidi National Union (ULE)

Iran

Militant organizations	Komala Komalah (CPI) Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDP-I) Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) Organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle Sipay Rizgari
Political parties	Iranian Call and Reform Organization Kurdish United Front

Iraq

Militant organizations	Peshmerga Êzîdxan Protection Force (HPŞ) Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ) Êzîdxan Women's Units Asayîşa Êzîdxanê Fayli Kurd Brigade
Political parties	Action Party for the Independence of Kurdistan Democratic National Union of Kurdistan (YNDK) Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan (DPAK) Gorran Islamic Fayli Grouping in Iraq Kurdistan Islamic Group (IGK) Kurdistan Islamic Movement (IMK) Kurdish Tribal Association Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq Kurdistan Conservative Party Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Kurdistan Democratic Party – Progressive Front Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party (PÇDK) Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) New Generation Movement (NG) Kurdistan List Kurdistan Revolutionary Party Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party (KSDP) Kurdistan Toilers' Party (KZP) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Service and Reform List Shursh

Militant organizations

Political parties

Action Party for the Independence of Kurdistan
Democratic National Union of Kurdistan (YNDK)
Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan (DPAK)
Gorran
Islamic Fayli Grouping in Iraq
Kurdistan Islamic Group (IGK)
Kurdistan Islamic Movement (IMK)
Kurdish Tribal Association
Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq
Kurdistan Conservative Party
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
Kurdistan Democratic Party – Progressive Front
Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party (PÇDK)
Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU)
New Generation Movement (NG)
Kurdistan List
Kurdistan Revolutionary Party
Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party (KSDP)
Kurdistan Toilers' Party (KZP)
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)
Service and Reform List
Shursh

Lebanon

Political parties	Kurdish Democratic Party Razkari Party

Syria

Militant organizations	Descendants of Saladin Brigade People's Protection Units (YPG) Women's Protection Units (YPJ) Kurdish Front
Political parties	Kurdish National Council (KNC-ENKS) Kurdish Supreme Committee Kurdish National Alliance in Syria (HNKS) Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria (KDP-S) Kurdish Democratic Political Union Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM)

Turkey

Militant organizations	Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Kurdish Hizbollah People's Defence Forces (HPG) Free Women's Units (YJA-STAR) Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (YDG-H) Civil Protection Units (YPS) Civil Protection Units-Women (YPS-Jin)
Political parties	Communist Party of Kurdistan (KKP) Democracy Party (DEP) Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) Democratic Society Party (DTP) Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) Kurdistan Islamic Movement (HİK) Islamic Party of Kurdistan (PİK) Kurdistan Democratic Party/North (KDP/Bakur) Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) People's Democracy Party (HADEP) Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) People's Labor Party (HEP) Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan (PŞK) Rights and Freedoms Party (HAK-PAR) Society for the Rise of Kurdistan Xoybûn (CSK) Workers Vanguard Party of Kurdistan (PPKK)

Militant organizations