Haki Karer (1950, Ulubey – 1977, Gaziantep) was a Turkish[1] leftist activist and is a central figure in the memory of the PKK.

In 1973 a small group of people around Abdullah Öcalan and Haki Karer was formed named the Kurdistan Revolutionaries.

[2] In November 1973 the Ankara Democratic Association of Higher Education ( Ankara Demokratik Yüksek Öğrenim Demeği [tr], ADYÖD) was founded and soon after, Haki Karer was elected to join its board.

[5] In interviews Öcalan later stated, that the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was founded as an oath to Haki Karer.

After the death of Karer the movement decided to act more professionally and become a party.