Hawpa

Hawpa ڕێکخراوی هاوپایی نەتەوەیی کوردستان Organîzasyonî Hawpayî Neteweyî Kurdistan
Founded	20 march 2020; 5 years ago
Headquarters	Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Ideology	Kurdish nationalism Anti-Arabism Anti-Iranian sentiment Anti-Turkish sentiment Anti-Assyrian sentiment Anti-Armenian sentiment antisemitism Irredentism Neo-Nazism
Political position	syncretism
Colors	Black   White
Slogan	"Kurdistan for Kurds" (Sorani Kurdish: "کوردستان بۆ کورد")
Party flag
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Website
hawpaofficial.org (archived) t.me/Hawpa1943 (sorani) t.me/Hawpa_Kurmanci (kurmanji)

Hawpa (Kurdish: ھاوپا, romanized: Hāwpa, lit. 'accomplice or person of same type'), also Kurdish National Socialist organization (PSNK) is a registered^[1] Kurdish neo-nazi^[2][3][4] organization in the Kurdistan Region.

Hawpa has undertaken a campaign to promote their belief that Arabs should be expelled from the Kurdistan Region, while Turkmen and Assyrians/Chaldeans/Aramean-Syriacs should be genocided.^[5][6][3]

Hawpa was founded on the first day of Nowruz in 2020. Little is known about its activities between 2020 and 2021.

In the summer of 2021, the group released a video on its Telegram channel depicting posters being placed in Hewlêr. The posters featured their logo, facing the Hewlêr Citadel, with their slogan "Kurdistan for Kurds." The video’s caption stated Not for Arabs, not for Turkmen. These posters were displayed at schools, in the bazaar, and in front of a local park.^{[citation needed]} Between late 2022 and early 2023, Hawpa distributed a significant number of propaganda posters in cities including Duhok, Sulaymaniyah, Halabja, Erbil, and other locations. These posters, consistent with earlier campaigns, featured anti-Arab messages and highlighted concerns about demographic changes in the KRI.

Reports indicate that Hawpa members have held meetings with high-ranking Kurdish officials, including Erbil Governor Omed Khoshnaw.^[7] However, the extent and nature of Hawpa’s connections to the Kurdistan Regional Government remain unclear, as no definitive evidence confirms a formal or deep relationship.^[8]

On June 9, 2025, the official Facebook page of ANB SAT, a prominent Assyrian television channel, was hacked by individuals associated with Hawpa.^[9] After gaining control, the group posted their flag and a portrait of Simko Shikak, known for assassinating Assyrian patriarch Shimun XIX Benyamin, along with a warning message: "You're on Hawpa's turf. Speak soft, step light or disappear," accompanied by a link to their Telegram page.^[10]

On June 12, 2025, the Assyrian Federation in Germany (ZAVD) and the Assyrian Youth Federation of Central Europe (AJM) issued a joint appeal condemning Hawpa. The organizations urged the EU and international actors to condemn Hawpa and engage Kurdish authorities on the matter.^[7]

According to ANB SAT, Amar Al-Hakim, the Iraqi cleric and politician who led the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, stated regarding Hawpa: "Ankawa is a generous city that must preserve its culture, and the ideas of the Hawpa organization are not accepted in Iraqi society."^[11]

Before Hawpa indefinitely suspended its activities,^[12] Ano Abdoka, the Minister of Transportation and Communications of the autonomous Kurdistan Region, announced on X that he would take appropriate measures against individuals associated with Hawpa.^[13]

The logo of Hawpa is inspired by various ancient historical artifacts discovered in predominantly Kurdish regions, including a notable Hittite find.^[4]

Hawpa's ideology belongs to the Third Position and strives for the establishment of a corporatist state.^[14] A central part of the "Hawpaist" ideology is the promotion of class collaboration between Employers and Employees, as, according to the Hawpa, this collaboration is vital to the survival of Kurdish businesses. In addition, “Hawpaism” seeks to eliminate the backward post-1946 Kurdish nationalism of the KDP and PUK.^[15][4] Hawpa refers to them as "Naked Nationalists" due to the organization believing that "they do not represent genuine nationalism and are merely using it as an excuse."^[16] Hawpa's ideology has its origins in the Hiwa Party (1939–1946) and the Kajik Party (1959–1975), which were founded on the basis of fascist and Nazi ideas. In addition, the ideology also refers to former Kurdish politicians and figures such as Ramzi Nafi Agha and Rafiq Hilmi, who were regarded as fascists and collaborated with Nazi Germany.^[17] But the hawpa also draws on contemporary writers such as Hamma Mirwaisi and Samar Abbas. “Hawpaism” rejects the modern intellectualism of the Kurdish Populace, since the ideology holds that today's intellectuals in Kurdistan are nihilists and leftists.^[15]

Kurdên Nasyonalîst [tr] gained initial recognition subsequent to their active participation in the 2022 Nowruz festival held in Diyarbakir.^[18] During the festival, they prominently brandished flags depicting their flag, along with flags adorned with the portraits of Qazi Muhammad and Ramzi Nafi Agha. There were reports indicating their perpetration of assaults targeting Turkish communists and members of the LGBT community.^{[19][20][3][2]}

In spite of its close affiliation with the nationalistic movement and organization Hawpa, maintains its own distinct structure. It has its own newsletters based on Instagram, posting most of it in the Turkish language. Kurdên Nasyonalîst has gathered an unexpected amount of followers for its size, especially among youth in Turkish Kurdistan. With its followers active on multiple social media platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. While elements of neo-Nazi ideology exist within Kurdên Nasyonalîst, their overall nationalist political stance encompasses a wider spectrum compared to Hawpa. Notably, the official Kurdên Nasyonalîst Instagram account features visible Nazi and Falangist symbols.^[2]

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