section_path: Organization/Armed wing
section_name: Armed wing
paragraph_text: Armed wing
  
  The PKK had an armed wing, originally formed in 1984 as the Kurdistan Freedom Brigades (Kurdish: Hêzên Rizgariya Kurdistan, HRK), renamed to the People's Liberation Army of Kurdistan (Kurdish: Arteşa Rizgariya Gelî Kurdistan, ARGK) in 1986, and again renamed to the People's Defense Forces (Kurdish: Hêzên Parastina Gel, HPG) in 1999.