Editing Kurdistan Workers' Party (section)

=== Armed wing ===
The PKK had an armed wing, originally formed in 1984 as the Kurdistan Freedom Brigades ({{langx|ku-Latn|Hêzên Rizgariya Kurdistan}}, HRK),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gunter |first1=Michael M. |website=Historical Dictionary of the Kurds |title=Hazen Rizgariya Kurdistan |url=http://kurds_history.enacademic.com/218/Hazen_Rizgariya_Kurdistan |publisher=Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias |access-date=22 May 2019 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715013342/http://kurds_history.enacademic.com/218/Hazen_Rizgariya_Kurdistan |archive-date=15 July 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> renamed to the People's Liberation Army of Kurdistan ({{langx|ku-Latn|Arteşa Rizgariya Gelî Kurdistan}}, ARGK) in 1986,<ref name="PRIF">{{cite book |last1=O'Connor |first1=Francis |title=The Kurdish movement in Turkey: between political differentiation and violent confrontation |date= 2017 |publisher= Peace Research Institute Frankfurt |isbn=978-3946459217 |url=https://www.hsfk.de/fileadmin/HSFK/hsfk_publikationen/prif147.pdf |access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref> and again renamed to the [[People's Defense Forces]] ({{langx|ku-Latn|Hêzên Parastina Gel}}, HPG) in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |last1= M. Gunter |first1= Michael |title= Hezen Parastina Gel |url= http://kurds_history.enacademic.com/221/Hezen_Parastina_Gel |website= Historical Dictionary of the Kurds |publisher= Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias |access-date= 22 May 2019 |language= en |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191017235354/http://kurds_history.enacademic.com/221/Hezen_Parastina_Gel |archive-date= 17 October 2019 |url-status= dead }}</ref>