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Kurdistan Islamic Movement (Turkey)

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “kurdish”. Today it says “kurdish sunni islamist socio-political movement”.
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The opening as it read in 2025

Political party This article is about pro-PKK sociopolitical group. Hereketa İslamiya Kurdistane was a Kurdish Sunni Islamist sociopolitical movement in southeastern Turkey . It was established in 1993 and led by Seyda Mele Abdullah. The group merged with the Kurdistan Islamic Community (CÎK), a pro-PKK faction, in 2004. It was not listed as part of the 12 active terrorist organisations in Turkey as of 2007 due to it not being active, although it was a terrorist organization before.

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “kurdish”. Today it says “kurdish sunni islamist socio-political movement”. Read the current article and compare.
201020152020Oct '232025
terror22222
islamist01111
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What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

kurdish

Now

kurdish sunni islamist socio-political movement

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