Islamic Party of Kurdistan (Kurdish: Partiya İslamiya Kurdistan) is a Kurdish (Sunni) Islamic organisation established in 1979 and led-by Muhammad Salih Mustafa. Other prominent names of the organisation include Hamit Turgut (deceased), Osman Caner and Sukuti Evcim. The organisation which is targeting mainly Turkey is active in Iraq, USA and Europe.
The organisation is not listed among the 12 active terrorist organisation in Turkey as of 2007 according to Counter-Terrorism and Operations Department of Directorate General for Security (Turkish police).
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