AKP / Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi / Justice and Development Party [currently the ruling party in Turkey]
ANAP / Anavatan Partisi / Motherland Party
ARGK / Artêşa Rizgariya Gelê / Kurdistan People’s Liberation Army of Kurdistan
CHP/ Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi / Republican People’s Party
DBP / Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi / Democratic Regions Party [formerly BDP]
DSP / Demokratik Sol Partisi / Democratic Left Party
DTK / Demokratik Toplum Kongresi / Democratic Society Congress
DTP / Demokratik Toplum Partisi / Democratic Society Party
DYP / Dogru Yol Partisi / True Path Party
ECHR / European Court of Human Rights
ENKS / Encumena Niştimaniya Kurdên Sûriyeyê / National Assembly of Syrian Kurdistan
HDP / Halkların Demokratik Partisi / People’s Democratic Party
HEP / Halkın Emek Partisi / People’s Labour Party
HPG / Hêzên Parastina Gel / People’s Defence Force
HRK / Hêzên Rizgariya Kurdistan / Kurdistan Liberation Forces
KADEK / Kongreya Azadî û Demokrasiya Kurdistan / Freedom and Kurdistanê Democracy Congress
KCK/ Koma Civakên Kurdistan / Kurdish Communities Union
KDP / Partîya Demokrata Kurdistanê / Kurdistan Democratic Party
KJB / Koma Jinên Bilind / High Women’s Council
KNK / Kongra Netewiya Kurdistan / Kurdistan National Congress
KGK / Kongra-Gel / Kurdistan People’s Congress
KRG / Hikûmetî Herêmî Kurdistan / Kurdistan Regional Government
KSC / Desteya Bilind a Kurd / Kurdish Supreme Committee
MGRK / Meclîsa Gelê Rojavaya Kurdistan / People’s Assembly of Western Kurdistan
MHP / Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi / Nationalist Movement Party
MIT / Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı / National Intelligence Service
OHAL / olağanüstü hal / state of emergency
ISIS / Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham
PAJK / Partîya Azadîya Jin a Kurdistan / Kurdistan Women’s Liberation Party
PJAK / Partiya Jiyana Azad a Kurdistanê / Free Life Party of Kurdistan
PKDW / Parlemanê Kurdistan Derveyî Welat / Kurdistan Parliament in Exile
PKK / Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan / Kurdistan Workers’ Party
YNK/PUK / Yekitîya Niştimanî Kurdistan / Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
PYD / Partiya Yekitîya Demokrat / Democratic Union Party
SHP / Sosyaldemokrat Halkcı Parti / Social Democratic People’s Party
SNC / Syrian National Council
TEV-DEM / Tevgera Civaka Demokratîk / Movement for a Democratic Society
YJA / Yekitiyên Jinên Azad / Unions of Free Women
YJA Star / Yeknîyên Jinên Azad / Star Free Women’s Units ‘Star’
YPG / Yekîneyên Parastina Gel / People’s Protection Unit
YPJ / Yekîneyên Parastina Jin / Women’s Protection Unit