h Government security forces in Turkey, local Turkish officials, and villagers who oppose the organization in Turkey. Conducted attacks on Turkish diplomatic and commercial facilities in dozens of West European cities in 1993 and again in spring 1995. In an attempt to damage Turkey's tourist industry, the then PKK bombed tourist sites and hotels and kidnapped foreign tourists in the early-tomid 1990s(Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/pkk.htm)."
             The party conducts the majority of its operations in the Middle east, Europe and Turkey though it has been linked with terrorist plots and movements in other parts of the world as well.
             Several nations have provided safe havens for members of the PKK including Syria, Iran and Iraq though at times Syria and Iran have given the appearance of working with Turkey to squash the PKK movement.
             The party itself is considered a Marxist separatist group. In its beginning the main goal of the party was to create an independent Kurdish state by which its members would have the political, cultural and linguistic freedoms and identity that other nations enjoy. However, in recent years the party's objective seems to have shifted form the desire for fairness to the desire to unleash anger at the free world for its perceived slights against the Kurds throughout history(Kurdistan Workers' Party (Turkey, separatists) http://www.cfr.org/publication/9241/).
             "During a rebellion that began in the mid-1980s and claimed some 35,000 lives, the group used guerrilla warfare and terrorism, including kidnappings of foreign tourists in Turkey, suicide bombings, and attacks on Turkish diplomatic offices in Europe. The PKK has also repeatedly attacked civilians who refuse to assist it(Kurdistan Workers' Party (Turkey, separatists) http://www.cfr.org/publication/9241/)."
             Before one can begin to analyze and understand the PKK and its foundation it is im...