# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mahsum-korkmaz
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:17:38.709Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mahsum-korkmaz"
name: "Mahsum Korkmaz"
slug: "mahsum-korkmaz"
description: "Mahsum Korkmaz, also known as Agit was the first commander of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)'s military forces. Korkmaz moved to Lebanon in 1979 and alongside Kemal Pir was responsible for the recruitment across Turkey. He is known to have led the 15 August 1984 PKK attacks which was the start of the PKK's armed rebellion for Kurdish independence. He was killed by Turkish forces on 28 March 1986."
tagline: "PKK military commander (1956-1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mahsum-Korkmaz-Agit.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1956"
deathDate: "1986-03-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.74
  momentum:             3.064174894217208
  historical:           10.86671333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahsum_Korkmaz"
    title: "Mahsum Korkmaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B2"
    title: "محسوم كوركماز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C"
    title: "মাহসুম কোরমাজ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahsum_Korkmaz"
    title: "Mahsum Korkmaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%95%D8%B9%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%88%D9%85_%DA%A9%DB%86%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B2"
    title: "مەعسووم کۆرکماز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahsum_Korkmaz"
    title: "Mahsum Korkmaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahsum_Korkmaz"
    title: "Mahsum Korkmaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahsum_Korkmaz"
    title: "Mahsum Korkmaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%85_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B2"
    title: "معصوم کرکماز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahsum_Korkmaz"
    title: "Mahsum Korkmaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahsum_Korkmaz"
    title: "Mahsum Korkmaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%85_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B2"
    title: "معصوم کورکماز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BC"
    title: "Коркмаз, Махсум"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1885070"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump