 On 20 March 2016, the PKK announced the establishment of Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement, a coalition of Maoists, Marxists-Leninists, Apoists, Communists and Hoxhaists which aim to attain "democracy and a free future" for "peoples against Imperialism, Capitalism, Chauvinism, Fascism and Racism", by working towards the overthrow of the ruling AKP government, who they deem collaborative fascist.The organization originated in the 1970s from the radical left and drew its membership from other existing leftist groups, mainly Dev-Genç.During the 1980s, the movement included and cooperated with other ethnic groups, including ethnic Turks, who were following the radical left.