Kurdistan Freedom Falcons/Hawks
- Kurdistan Freedom Falcons/Hawks
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During 2006, the
Teyrebazen Azadiya Kurdistan (
TAK), or Kurdistan Freedom Falcons or Hawks, began to set off bombs in several
Turkish cities. Although most assumed that the TAK was simply a branch of the
Kurdistan Workers Party (
PKK), it remained unclear whether it was such or a rival organization. Few remembered that when
Abdullah (
Apo)
Ocalan had originally been captured in February 1999, a group calling itself the Revenge Hawks of Apo had killed 13 people when it set fire to a crowded department store in Istanbul. The TAK maintains a website at Teyrenkurdistan.com.
Historical Dictionary of the Kurds.
Michael M. Gunter.
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