PKK IN ARMENIA: THE INVOLVEMENT OF PKK TERRORISTS IN THE WAR BETWEEN ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN-SEPTEMBE

At the same tie, Armenian attitudes towards Kurds are complicated and must take into account the former accusing the latter of taking action against Armenians in the early twentieth century.3 Ironically, the Armenian government stubbornly overlooks this fact, as well as the presence of the PKK in Armenia, by manifesting ignorance for the sake of its own national interest. [...] The Kurdish community in Armenia, headed by the Kurdish member of the Armenian Parliament, Knyaz Hasanov, fulfilled the demands of the Armenian government by holding protests in front of the U. [...] Although the Yezidis speak the same language as the Kurds (Kurmanji), the former insist they speak the “Yezidi” language (unlike the Kurds, they use the Cyrillic alphabet). [...] The Armenian heads of Yezidi schools in the Hakko and Gialto villages of Armenia have confirmed the evidence of the existence of PKK militants here. [...] Yezidis took part in both Karabakh wars as well as the interim conflicts of April 2016 and in Tovuz in 2020.30 Thus, taking into consideration Armenia’s disregard of the PKK in its own interest, the warm ties between the PKK and Yezidis, and Yezidis’ aspiration to fight against Azerbaijan, the potential steadily rose for a positive reception for the PKK in Armenia and for the PKK’s involvement in.