It's likely that the newspaper employee failed to do more that name the PKK as the victim.
And just in case the newspaper employee suggested a tie between the PKK and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG)in Iraq.. no they are not partners.
Defiant Kurds to truck more crude to Turkey -- The KRG is growing more and more independent from Baghdad and getting closer to Ankara.
Thank you for those links - good background on the tangled history of Kurdish groups and interests.