İbrahim Parlak is a Kurdish

Kurdish people

The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...

 man who has been accused by the United States Department of Homeland Security

United States Department of Homeland Security

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 of being a former member of the PKK

Kurdistan Workers Party

The Kurdistan Workers' Party , commonly known as PKK, also known as KGK and formerly known as KADEK or KONGRA-GEL , is a Kurdish organization which has since 1984 been fighting an armed struggle against the Turkish state for an autonomous Kurdistan and greater cultural and political rights...

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After coming to the U.S. in 1992 and disclosing his past PKK dealings, he was admitted and granted political asylum. However, the U.S. State Department

United States Department of State

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 retroactively

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 labeled PKK a "terrorist organization" in 1997. Then, he was taken into custody by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on July 29, 2004. Parlak subsequently won a writ of habeas corpus

Habeas corpus

is a writ, or legal action, through which a prisoner can be released from unlawful detention. The remedy can be sought by the prisoner or by another person coming to his aid. Habeas corpus originated in the English legal system, but it is now available in many nations...

 and was released from prison on June 3, 2005. The court had originally decided to deport him based on the government's case; he is currently free pending an appeal of that decision.

Parlak was profiled in a 2005 cover article of The New York Times Magazine

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External links

• Past Tribune stories and editorials regarding Ibrahim Parlak (South Bend Tribune
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• For the relief of Ibrahim Parlak legislation in the 112th United States Congress
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  : Senate version (S. 345) House of Representatives version (H. R. 701)
• Free Ibrahim campaign