Nizamettin Taş

Nizamettin Taş (born 1961), also known as Botan Rojhilat , was one of the oldest military commanders of the PKK. He was born in Varto, Turkey, and joined the PKK in 1986 and became the military commander of the organisation in 1995.[1]

Nizamettin Taş
Nickname(s)	Botan Rojhilat
Born	1961 Varto, Turkey
Allegiance	Kurdistan Workers' Party
Rank	Military Commander
Battles/wars	Kurdish-Turkish conflict

He headed the People's Liberation Army of Kurdistan, the military wing of the PKK and was a member of the PKK Central Committee.[2] He also served in the PKK's Presidential Council. He left the PKK in 2004 after a fall out with concurring members of the PKK leadership and formed the Patriotic Democratic Party (PWD) together with Osman Öcalan and Kani Yilmaz. But the party was short-lived and did not become important.[3] He lives in Iraqi Kurdistan.

References

1. "PKK dissidents". Chris-kutschera.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-02-28. Retrieved 2010-04-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. Jongerden, Joost (2017-10-01). "Gender equality and radical democracy: Contractions and conflicts in relation to the "new paradigm" within the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)". Anatoli. De l'Adriatique à la Caspienne. Territoires, Politique, Sociétés (8): 233–256. doi:10.4000/anatoli.618. ISSN 2111-4064.

Preceded by Cemil Bayık	Military Commander of the PKK 1995 – 2004	Succeeded by Fehman Hûseyn