81.  Turkey fears that this will provoke instability in the region and possibly the creation of an unfriendly independent Kurdish state on its borders.

82.  It is fighting for a separate Kurdish state in the east and southeast of Turkey.

83.  Nationalist, conservative and Islamic forces in Turkey accuse the force of covertly aiding the establishment of a Kurdish state in northern Iraq.

84.  The group wants to set up an independent Kurdish state in the southeast of the country.

85.  The PKK seeks the establishment of an independent Kurdish state in east and southeastern regions of Anatolia, where Kurds are in the majority.

86.  The PKK wants an independent Kurdish state in southeastern Turkey.