UKSL Sanctions designation

Teyrebazen Azadiya Kurdistan (TAK)

Entity · designated 31 December 2020

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
CTI0042
OFSI group ID
9025
Designation type
Entity
Date designated
31 December 2020
Last updated
9 April 2025

Regimes

  • The Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Designation sources

  • UK

Sanctions imposed

  • Asset freeze
  • Arms embargo
  • Director Disqualification Sanction

Official reasons

  • The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) is a Kurdish nationalist group that uses violence to pursue its goal of an independent Kurdish state in south eastern Turkey. They have claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist attacks, and are believed to have links to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK a proscribed terrorist organisation).

Other information

  • The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
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