The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia ( ASALA ) was a Marxist – Leninist organization whose primary objective was " to compel the Turkish Government to acknowledge publicly its alleged responsibility for the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 , pay reparations , and cede territory for an Armenian homeland " . PKK and ASALA held a press conference on April 8 , 1980 in Sidon which declared their cooperation , that resulted with the Strasbourg , November 9 , 1980 , and Rome , November 19 , 1980 activities of ASALA and PKK cooperation . However , after July 1983 , ASALA disappeared in the Lebanese Beqaa Valley where the PKK established its camps
deaths of 1.5 million Armenians
Armenian Genocide
Armenian–Kurdish relations