Nizamettin Taş

Nizamettin Taş
Nickname(s) Botan Rojhilat
Born 1961
Varto, Turkey
Allegiance Kurdistan Workers' Party
Years of service 1986-2003
Rank Military Commander
Battles/wars Kurdish-Turkish conflict

Nizamettin Taş (born 1961), also known as Botan Rojhilat , was one of the oldest military commanders of the PKK. He was born in Varto, Turkey and joined the PKK in 1986 and became the military commander of the organisation in 1995.[1] He headed the People's Liberation Army of Kurdistan, the military wing of the PKK and was a member of the PKK Central Committee.[2] He also served in the PKK's Presidency Council. When Abdullah Öcalan was arrested in 1999, he backed Cemil Bayek against Abdullah Öcalan's brother Osman Öcalan. He left the PKK in the early 2000s, when he rejected violence and formed the non-violent Patriotic Democratic Party (PWD) and often criticizes the PKK's leadership. He currently lives in Iraqi Kurdistan.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.chris-kutschera.com/A/pkk_dissidents.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.xs4all.nl/~kicadam/pers/1999/tase172.html
  3. ↑ http://www.start.umd.edu/start/data/tops/terrorist_organization_member.asp?id=158
Preceded by
Cemil Bayık		 Military Commander of the PKK
1995 – 2004 		Succeeded by
Fehman Hûseyn


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