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Turkish Hezbollah

group name

Turkish Hezbollah (also Turkish Hizbullah or Turkish Hizballah), or THB. Also known as Kurdish Hezbollah (KH) and is sometimes called Ilim (Science) or Cemaat (Community) by its members. An associated political party is known as Hur Dava Partisi (Free Cause Party) or Huda Par.

location

Inactive. In the past, THB was primarily active in southeast Turkey.

stated purpose

Turkish Hezbollah (THB) was a Kurdish Islamic extremist organization comprised primarily of Sunni Muslims. Its goal was to establish a...

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