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Duran Kalkan | |
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| Born | 1954 (age 69–70) |
| Occupation(s) | Senior commander, Kurdistan Workers' Party |
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| Nickname(s) | Selahattin Abbas |
| Allegiance | Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) |
| Battles/wars | Kurdish–Turkish conflict |
Duran Kalkan (born Güzelim, Tufanbeyli, Adana Province, Turkey, 1954), also known as Selahattin Abbas,[2] or Selahattin Erdem [3] is a senior commander of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Duran Kalkan, Murat Karayılan and Cemil Bayık, the three current leaders of the PKK, are wanted by the United States Department of the Treasury and the Government of Turkey for recruiting child soldiers, involving in drug trafficking, targeting Turkish government officials, police and security forces, and indiscriminately injuring and killing civilians.[4][5]
- ^ Duran Kalkan, Biyografi.net; accessed 4 June 2017.
- ^ Duran Kalkan: The Turk Fighting for Kurdish Irredentism, jamestown.org; accessed 4 June 2017.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Rewards for Justice - Wanted for Terrorism - Cemil Bayik". Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ "Terör örgütünün sözde liderleri". www.haberturk.com (in Turkish). 7 November 2018. Retrieved 2020-10-09.