Cemîl Bayik

Cemîl Bayik
Born (1955-02-26) 26 February 1955
Keban, Elâzığ Province, Turkey
Service years1978-present
RankMember of PKK Presidency Council
Vice-Chairman of KCK Executive Council
Former ARGK commander
ConflictsKurdistan Workers' Party insurgency

Cemîl Bayik (born 26 February 1955) is one of the five founders of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), and is among the organization's top leadership. He is a member of the 12-man leadership council of the Kurdistan Communities Union (Koma Civakên Kurdistan, KCK), a Kurdish political umbrella organisation that the PKK is part of. He is also part of the three-man Executive Committee of the PKK, the leading body of the organisation, which consists of himself, acting PKK leader Murat Karayilan and Fehman Huseyin from Rojava, the PKK's commander.

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