Chronology of the PKK with particular focus on events mentioned in this book Late 1973—Abdullah Öcalan decides to found his own political group. May 18, 1977—Murder of Haki Karer in Antep. November 27, 1978—Foundation of the PKK in the village of Fis near Diyarbakır. Mid-1979—Öcalan leaves Turkey and begins to establish contact with Palestinian groups […]
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1639—Partition of Kurdistan by the demarcation of the border between the Ottoman and Iranian Empires in the Treaty of Kasr-I Shirin. 1806—Baban uprising. 1846–1947—Bedirhan uprising. 1879—Nehri uprising in Şemzînan under the leadership of Sheikh Ubeydullah. 1915—Genocide of Armenians and Assyrians begins. August 10, 1920—Treaty of Sèvres, which envisages independence for both Kurdistan and Armenia. It
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1914—World War I begins. The Ottoman Empire allies with Germany. 1919—World War I ends, the Ottoman Empire is defeated. 1923—Foundation of the Republic of Turkey. 1923–1950—The CHP holds power. 1950–1960—The DP holds power. May 27, 1960—Military coup. 1961—Execution of deposed prime minister Adnan Menderes at the prison on İmralı Island. 1965–1971, 1975–1977, 1979–1980—The AP holds
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1 It seems my incarceration on İmralı has caused many of the friends in key roles to begin to ponder what should happen in the time “after me.” Normally, one would have to regard this as a responsible way to proceed, but, unfortunately, these calculations stand on the wrong foundation. These friends, to all intents
My personal and political life can be divided into three phases. The first phase began with the conflict with my mother on the basis of my claim that I should be able to establish my own sociality and continued with my first adverse reactions against my family and my village, followed by my enrollment in
It would be an important shortcoming if I were not to redefine my own identity in this defense. Instead of repeating the self-definition I have provided elsewhere, I will add a few things that supplement and complement what I have already said. While working on this part of the book, I thought a lot about
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An analysis of the story of the crucifixion of Jesus, a very important event for European civilization, will throw further light on my case. In looking at it, we are less interested in the formal process than in the essence of what occurred. Sociological analyses of the Bible and other texts concerning the events generally
Introduction In the previous sections, we tried to present the historical, social, and theoretical approach necessary for a reconstruction of the PKK.1 We analyzed some properties of capitalism—the dominant social system of our age—under global and regional conditions, as well as under the conditions in our country. At the same time, intertwined with this, we
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