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People's Defence Forces Hezen Parastina Gel (HPG)
Flag of the HPG
Leader	Abdullah Ocalan [1] Murat Karayilan [2] [3] [4]
Foundation	January 2000
Dates of operation	2000?present
Allegiance	Kurdistan Workers' Party
Motives	Cultural and political rights for the Kurdish population in Turkey . [5]
Active regions	Turkey Iraq Syria
Ideology	Democratic confederalism Communalism
Notable attacks	2011 Hakkari attack
Status	Rojava?Islamist conflict [6] [7] Kurdistan Region?PKK conflict Ongoing war with Turkey, after ceasefire ended
Size	Over 40,000 active fighters (2015 Turkish claim) [8]
Opponents	Turkey Islamic State
Designated as a terrorist group by	Australia [9]   United Kingdom [10]
Preceded by Peoples Liberation Army of Kurdistan

The People's Defence Forces ( Kurdish : Hezen Parastina Gel , HPG ) is the military wing of the group Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). During the 7th Congress of the PKK in January 2000, the HPG replaced the former military wing of the PKK, the People's Liberation Army of Kurdistan ( Arte?a Rizgariya Gele Kurdistan , ARGK). The replacement was intended to demonstrate the search for a peaceful solution of the Kurdish-Turkish conflict , after the capture of Abdullah Ocalan in 1999. ^[11] The HPG played an active role in the peace negotiations between the Turkish Government and the PKK in 2013, as it hosted a delegation consisting of several politicians from the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and members of the Turkish Human Rights Association (IHD) and agreed to release soldiers of the Turkish army as well as a Turkish politician, who they held captive. ^[12] In 2014, the HPG was involved in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Sinjar . ^[13]

As far as can be judged from the publications, one of the basic HPG factions is called "Karela Forces" or "Al-Karila Forces" ( Arabic : ???? ???????? , romanized :  Quwwat al-Karila ) meaning " guerrilla " and this name is mainly mentioned in Arabic texts regarding HPG actions. In Arabic texts, and later among its members and supporters, Karila or Gerila has become an alternative name for People's Defence Forces in general. ^[14]

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