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Murat Karayılan

Acting military commander of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)

  • Fame54.3
  • Momentum1.6
  • Wikipedia13.7K
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Lived 1954–2023, aged 69Turkey
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    19 languages
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  • Era
    1954–2023
    Aged 69
  • Known for
    North
    2015
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Updated 2026-06-22

Murat Karayılan, also nicknamed Cemal, is one of the co-founders of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). He became the PKK's acting leader after its original founder and leader, Abdullah Öcalan, was captured in 1999 by Turkish intelligence agents. In 2014, he left the PKK leader position and was assigned as the new commander-in-chief of the PKK's armed wing, the People's Defence Forces.

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54.3
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Momentum1.6
Historical16.9
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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