Iraq: Exclusive Interview with Kurdish Guerrilla Leaders

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Story by: Daniel Iriarte
Summary

PKK guerrillas have been fighting against the Kurdish state since 1984, and is considered a terrorist group by the USA and the European Union. This is an interview with Bozan Tekin (number 2 of the PKK active guerrilla fighters) and with their female commander Rohani Serhat.

 

Discussion

  •   baranzorani

    To be honest, innocent ethnically-Kurdish people were killed in the southeast Turkey and some of those killings were thought to be executed by the deep-state which is called now Ergenekon, a clandestine gang organization charged with various crimes including overthrowing the government. Turkish state tried to solve the problem in the region many times. However, the PKK and Ergenekon manipulated the events and opportunities many times. Nowadays, there is a case in Turkey's agenda which is called with the gang organization I mentioned above, ERGENEKON. Prosecutors of the Ergenekon case opened Abdullah Ocalan's file again in order to search his relations with Ergenekon and deep-state elements.

    16 Dec 2009
      baranzorani

    PKK is a terrorist organization and caused the deaths of about 40,000 people. To be honest, it is not the voice of Kurdish people either. Drug trafficking in the region -- southeast Turkey is a gateway which opening from Middle East to Caucasus and Europe -- was controlled by the PKK itself. The prosecutions Bozan Tekin mentioned in the inverview are real and the truth is somehow different. If you search the independent newspapers in Turkey, you will see why those people were prosecuted.

    16 Dec 2009
      rbottomley

    You must be proud Daniel. Nice work!

    16 Dec 2009