Holding a congress

After implementing its recommendations Second Congress by the Interim Central Committee of the Party on the program and internal rules and the situation due to the separation of the wing Hamza AbdullahThe PKK's Interim Central Committee rushed to hold a third congress.

After full preparations, on December 26, 1953, in the presence of 35 to 40 representatives of the PKK organizations and the presence of the old and new party leadership, in a difficult security situation, secretly in the house of Rais Awal Fatih Jabari The third congress of the PKK was held.

After the congress report was read and approved by the participants, the decision was taken to change the name of the party and amend the program and rules of procedure The work was left until after the appointment of the members of the Central Committee of the Party.

1.  Mustafa Barzani boss
2. Ibrahim Ahmad, Secretary-General
3. Dr Jaafar Mohammed Karim
4. Mirhaj Ahmad Akreyi
5. Nuri Shawes
6. Ali Abdullah
7. Nuri Ahmad Taha 
8. Jalal Talabani
9. Omar Mustafa 
10. Ali Hamdi Bedohi
11. Rashid Abdulqadir 
12. Mohammed Amin Ma'roof
13. Jalil Hoshyar

Four members were appointed to the Political Bureau Ibrahim Ahmad, Nuri Shawes, Ali Abdullah and Omar Mustafa.

The name of the president will be mentioned in this congress, as stated in Article 29 of the rules of procedure: the president of the Kurdistan Democratic Party-Iraq, the hero of Kurdistan's liberation, General Mustafa Barzani He is the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and for the first time in the history of the party, the term secretary general was used.

The most important decisions of the congress were:

1. Change the name of the PKK from (Kurdish Democratic Party) to (Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq).
2. Marxist-Leninist thought was identified as the ideology of the PKK.
3. The name of the PKK organ was changed from Rzgari to Khabat.
4. Establishment of the Kurdistan Students Union, Kurdistan Democratic Youth Union and Kurdistan Women's Union.
5. Permanent expulsion Hamza Abdullah  in the ranks of the PKK.
6. not receiving it Auni Yusuf He was accused of ignoring the decisions of the interim leadership of the second congress.

The structure of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)-Iraq, based on the internal rules of the third congress, was organized as follows (branches, regional committees, branch committees, central committee, political bureau, general secretary of the party, president).

The adoption of the Marxist-Leninist ideology, although incompatible with the beliefs of the National Party and against the wishes of most PKK cadres and members, seemed to be the reason, despite the fact that it was the prevailing belief of the time Its rivalry with the Communist Party led to a large number of Communist and Marxist like-minded people in Kurdistan joining the PKK.

In terms of party media and publications, after the third congress, in addition to the newspaper Rzgari, which was renamed Khabat and was the organ of the PKK, the newspaper Nada Kurdistan was resumed in Arabic, and two other publications called Regay Nuw They were published in Kurdish for intellectuals and youth.

Sources:

1. Letter from Jalal Talabani (Pirot) to: Leader General Mustafa Barzani and his dear friend Mirhaj Ahmad, (5/10/1955 – Beijing), Massoud Barzani, Barzani and the Kurdish Liberation Movement, 1931-1958, Volume 1, (Erbil). - Ministry of Education Printing House - 2004), Document No.
2.  Habib Mohammed Karim, History of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq (in the headquarters) 1946 - 1993, (Duhok - Khabat Printing House - 1998m).
3.  Ali Abdullah, History of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq to the Third Congress, (unknown location - 1968).
4.  Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) - Iraq
5.  History of Kurdistan Democratic Party, Congress and Conference (Program and Internal Rules), Volumes 1 and 2, (Erbil- Rojhelat Printing House- 2021)