Editing Kurdistan Workers' Party (section)

== Status in Turkey ==
In Turkey, anything which could be perceived as a support of the PKK is deemed unsuitable to be shown to the public. Turkey views the demand for education in [[Kurdish languages|Kurdish language]] or the teaching of the Kurdish language as supporting terrorist activities by the PKK.<ref name=":142" /><ref name=":152" /><ref name=":162" />  The fact that both the HDP and the PKK support education in Kurdish language was included in the indictment in the [[2021 Peoples' Democratic Party closure case|Peoples' Democratic closure case]].<ref name=":142"/> In January 2016, the [[Academics for Peace]] who signed a declaration in support of peace in the [[Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)|Kurdish–Turkish conflict]] were labelled and prosecuted for "spreading terrorist propaganda" on behalf of the PKK.<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 December 2017|title=Turkey: Academics on Trial for Signing Petition|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/12/05/turkey-academics-trial-signing-petition|access-date=13 November 2020|website=Human Rights Watch|language=en}}</ref> In November 2020, a playground for children in Istanbul was dismantled after the municipality decided its design too closely resembled the symbol of the PKK.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Prosecutors investigate 'PKK symbols' in new layout of recreational park in İstanbul|url=https://www.bianet.org/english/local-goverment/234301-prosecutors-investigate-pkk-symbols-in-new-layout-of-recreational-park-in-istanbul|access-date=13 November 2020|website=Bianet – Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi}}</ref> Politicians of pro-Kurdish like the [[Peace and Democracy Party]] (BDP)<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 March 2017|title=Turkey: Crackdown on Kurdish Opposition|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/03/20/turkey-crackdown-kurdish-opposition|access-date=13 November 2020|website=Human Rights Watch|language=en}}</ref> or the HDP were often prosecuted and sentenced to prison term for their alleged support of the PKK.<ref>{{cite news|date=7 September 2018|title=Former head of Turkey pro-Kurdish party sentenced to 4 years in...|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-kurds-idUSKCN1LN1K8|access-date=12 January 2019}}</ref> The possession of ''[[Devran (book)|Devran]]'', a book authored by the political prisoner [[Selahattin Demirtaş]], was viewed as an evidence for a membership in a terrorist organization in 2019 because according to the prosecution it described events involving the PKK.<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 November 2020|title=Prosecutor deems Demirtaş's book 'terrorist organization document'|url=https://www.duvarenglish.com/prosecutor-deems-demirtass-book-terrorist-organization-document-news-55032|access-date=13 November 2020|website=Duvar|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Selahattin Demirtaş's book cited as evidence of 'membership in a terrorist organization'|url=https://www.bianet.org/english/law/234361-selahattin-demirtas-s-book-cited-as-evidence-of-membership-in-a-terrorist-organization|access-date=13 November 2020|website=[[Bianet]]}}</ref>