Treasury Designates Free Life Party of Kurdistan a Terrorist Organization
Washington, DC – The UGGs Sheepskin Cuff Boots Department of the Treasury today designated the Free
Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK), a Kurdish group operating in the border region between Iraq and Iran,
under Executive Order 13224 for being controlled by the terrorist group Kongra-Gel (KGK, aka the
Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK).
“With today’s action, we are exposing PJAK’s terrorist ties to the KGK and supporting Turkey’s
efforts to protect its citizens from attack,” said Stuart Levey, Treasury’s Under Secretary for
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.
Designated in December 2002 under E.O. 13224, KGK has been involved for more than 20 years in targeting
Turkish government security forces, local Turkish officials, and villagers who oppose the KGK in
Turkey. Turkish authorities have confirmed or suspect that KGK is also responsible for dozens of
bombings since 2004 in western Turkey.
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