Democratic Republic of Turkey

The Democratic Republic of Kurdistan (دێمەكراتيك ريپەبلەك ئەڤ كێديستان) more commonly known as simply Kurdistan is a nation located on both the boarders of Southern East Europe and Western Asia, making up the northwest of Middle East. Comprising of the historic territories of Turkey, Syria and Cyprus Kurdistan was formed by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PPK) after a 1980 Soviet backed coup d'état, with the acquisition of Syria taking place in 1998. In 2013 insurgent Islamic group the Islamic State of Syria (ISIS) was established in the Syrian administrative region, tearing the region into civil war and weakening the control of the PPK.

The incumbent General Secretary (head of state) of Kurdistan is Şahin Uzun, with the current holders of the positions of Premier of Turkey and Premier of Syria being Zeki Kartal and Abudullah Mufaddal El-Hashem respectively.

History
The direct predecessor of Kurdistan was the Republic of Turkey, founded by national hero Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1923 after WWI and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, with national reforms leading Turkey into economical prosperity. Turkey remained neutral during WWII, before entering a strenuous treaty with the USA agreeing to oppose the Soviet Union in return for military aid. Turkey soon became the main military bulwark against the Soviet Union in the Mediterranean. In 1974 Turkey forcibly ousted Greek forces from the island nation of Cyprus.

PKK coup d'état
In the 1970's Turkey had been rife with political and economical discourse, with leftists desiring a communist revolution, often engaging in conflict with right wing nationalists. In the southern regions of Turkey the Soviet Union had covertly begun to fund the Kurdistan Workers' Party (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan, or PKK). The PKK leader, Abdullah Öcalan, was advised by the Soviets to transform the organisation in a paramilitary force, with the People's Defence Force (Hêzên Parastina Gel, or HPG) behind founded shortly afterwards. Forming a alliance with members of the left wing movement Devrimci Yol the PKK assassinated Chief of the General Staff General Kenan Evren who, according to KGB agents in Turkey, was planning to initiate his own military coup d'état in a bid to ensure peace. The PKK were then able to gain the support of the military (again thanks to covert Soviet influence) before murdering Bülent Ecevit and Süleyman Demirel, the primary political leaders in Turkey as well as former president Fahri Korutürk, before installing Öcalan as General Secretary after liquidating the parliament and government. On the 20th September the state of the Democratic Republic of Kurdistan was established.