Editing Kurdistan Workers' Party (section)

=== 1970s ===
[[File:Pkk_supporters_london_april_2003.jpg|left|thumb|PKK supporters at 2003 march opposing the [[Iraq War]], London]]
During the 1970s, the PKK was involved in [[History of the Kurdistan Workers' Party#Urban War (1978–1980)|urban warfare]]. PKK tactics were based on [[ambush]], [[sabotage]], riots, protests, and [[Demonstration (protest)|demonstrations]] against the Turkish government. During these years, the PKK also fought a turf war against Kurdish and Turkish radical Islamist organisations in Turkey. Turkish newspapers said that the PKK effectively used the prison force to appeal to the general population, which the PKK has denied.<ref name=":42" /><ref name=":53" /> In Turkey, this period was characterized by violent clashes that culminated in the [[1980 Turkish coup d'état|1980 military coup]].