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“When I joined the PKK I was up in the mountains. I had a
gun, so I thought I was free. But as time passed, I realized
this was not freedom. Because I had no identity of my own.

I could not freely express my ideas or criticisms. I wanted
to leave the organization, but I could not leave.” 9

A woman by the code-name Leyla says:

“Nothing was done about freedom for women in the PKK
apart from things done on the symbolic and show level.
And what was done just damaged women’s freedom a bit
more. Because it was Öca-

lan, a man, who developed
this ideology in the name
of women, organized
them and took and imple-
mented all the decisions.
I was free before joining
the PKK, too. I had no
individual opi-
nion regarding

the present or
future in the
PKK, nor could I
ever have.” 10

The writer Necati
Alkan said this in his
book written on the

basis of his own obser-
vations and intervi-
ews:

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